including surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, and hormonal or biological interventions may cause adverse effects. These adverse effects can include, but are not limited to, decreases in strength, balance, endurance, and overall quality of life. [3][4][5] Evidence demonstrates that low-, moderate-, and high-intensity exercise or physical activity is able to prevent, decrease, and/or manage the common physical and psychological sequelae in women diagnosed and treated for breast and ovarian cancer. 6-10 However, the authors were unable to find any research regarding the effectiveness of fitness boxing for women diagnosed with breast or ovarian cancer. Fitness boxing and shadowboxing have become increasingly more popular forms of community group exercise. Unlike traditional boxing that requires a person to spar with a partner, fitness boxing involves throwing
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.