Feasibility and Efficacy of a 12-Week Home Exercise Program for Multiple Myeloma Patients

Twenty-nine participants with multiple myeloma completed a 12-week virtually-supported home exercise program to test its feasibility and preliminary efficacy. The study recorded significant improvements in quality of life and physical fitness metrics, with 89.7% of participants completing follow-up testing and no serious adverse events. This dataset, authored by Graeme Purdy and harvested from Borealis Dataverse, was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze adherence rates and adverse events for a virtually-supported home exercise program based on the reported group (89.9%), independent (82.7%), and aerobic (89.7%) adherence metrics.
• Model the relationship between exercise intervention and quality-of-life scores based on the reported FACT-MM questionnaire results.
• Assess changes in physical function based on the reported thirty-second sit-to-stand, plank hold, and timed single leg stance performance data.
• Evaluate symptom burden trends based on the reported ESAS (Edmonton Symptom Assessment System) scores before and after the intervention.

Strengths

• Includes results from a 12-week intervention with 29 consented participants and 26 completing follow-up (89.7% retention).
• Reports specific adherence rates for group (89.9%), independent (82.7%), and aerobic (89.7%) exercise components.
• Provides detailed pre/post results for multiple validated outcome measures, including FACT-MM, ESAS, and physical fitness tests with p-values.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The study design is a single-group pre/post feasibility study, which limits causal inference compared to a randomized controlled trial.

Provenance

Source

Borealis Harvested Dataverse

Collection Method

A single-group pre/post feasibility study involving virtual fitness assessments and questionnaires.

Time Range

Covers a 12-week intervention period; specific study dates are not provided.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-25 04:17:04; freshness should be verified.

Geography

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