2.1. Design and Aims
asthenia, fatigue, pain
ONCOLOGY, RECRUITMENT
This study was a randomized, parallel-controlled clinical trial, with experimental and control groups, and it was conducted in the Oncology Hospitalization Unit at the University Hospital Complex of Salamanca (CAUSA). The protocol of the clinical trial was previously approved by the Clinical Research Ethics Committee of the Area of Health of Salamanca (ID: PI 202007547) and the trial was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. The clinical trial was registered in The aim of this study was to assess the effects of a new clinical standard practice treatment with a multimodal physical exercise and functional rehabilitation program on asthenia, pain, functional capacity, and quality of life in patients with cancer-related fatigue versus isolated application of the standard clinical practice treatment.For recruitment, consecutive sampling was used to select patients with oncological asthenia who were hospitalized in the Oncology Unit at that time. The recruitment period was from July 2021 to February 2022.