Cochrane Db Syst Rev
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The review is withdrawn due to its insufficient quality. The editorial group responsible for this previously published document have withdrawn it from publication.
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Cochrane Db Syst Rev · Sep 2012
ReviewWITHDRAWN: Managements for people with disorders of sexual preference and for convicted sexual offenders.
This review has been withdrawn (Issue 9, 2012) as it is no longer current and is to be superseded by two new reviews. The editorial group responsible for this previously published document have withdrawn it from publication.
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'The Alexander technique' is a taught form of physical therapy involving a series of movements designed to correct posture and bring the body into natural alignment with the object of helping it to function efficiently, and is reported to aid relaxation. Some practitioners claim benefits for those who desire greater ease and efficiency of breathing, including asthmatics. ⋯ Robust, well-designed randomised controlled trials are required in order to test claims by practitioners that AT can have a positive effect on the symptoms of chronic asthma and thereby help people with asthma to reduce medication.
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Cochrane Db Syst Rev · Aug 2012
Review Meta AnalysisExercise interventions on health-related quality of life for cancer survivors.
Cancer survivors experience numerous disease and treatment-related adverse outcomes and poorer health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Exercise interventions are hypothesized to alleviate these adverse outcomes. HRQoL and its domains are important measures for cancer survivorship. ⋯ This systematic review indicates that exercise may have beneficial effects on HRQoL and certain HRQoL domains including cancer-specific concerns (e.g. breast cancer), body image/self-esteem, emotional well-being, sexuality, sleep disturbance, social functioning, anxiety, fatigue, and pain at varying follow-up periods. The positive results must be interpreted cautiously due to the heterogeneity of exercise programs tested and measures used to assess HRQoL and HRQoL domains, and the risk of bias in many trials. Further research is required to investigate how to sustain positive effects of exercise over time and to determine essential attributes of exercise (mode, intensity, frequency, duration, timing) by cancer type and cancer treatment for optimal effects on HRQoL and its domains.