Factsheets
Exercise is Medicine® Australia has developed a number of factsheets to help educate you and your patients on the role of exercise in the treatment of those with chronic conditions or disorders. Two factsheets are available for each condition 1) full version; and 2) brief version (for the time poor). The factsheets provide information on:
- the condition;
- the benefits of exercise;
- how exercise produces benefits for that condition; and
- the most appropriate exercise for that condition
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Prostate cancerExercise has a well-established role as medicine to reduce the side effects of prostate cancer as well as to help prevent the disease altogether. If you have been diagnosed with prostate cancer, exercise is an important therapy to help reduce your symptoms, improve your psychological wellness and increase your survival rate. This factsheets helps doctors, patients and every day Australians understand the role of exercise in the treatment and prevention of prostate cancer. It covers:
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Available Factsheets
| Factsheet | Full version | Brief version |
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| Acquired Brain Injury |  Download |
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| Arthritis | Download |
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| Asthma | Download |
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| Breast Cancer | Download |
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| Cancer | Download |
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| Chronic heart failure and exercise | Download |
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| Chronic pain | Download |
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| Colon cancer | Download |
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| Coronary heart disease (CHD) | Download |
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| Depression | Download |
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| Diabetes Type 1 | Download |
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| Diabetes Type 2 | Download |
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| Dyslipidaemia | Download |
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| Falls in older people | Download |
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| Gynaecological Cancer | Download |
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| Hypertension | Download |
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| Kidney disease | Download |
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| Lower back pain – Managing a first or acute episode | Download |
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| Metabolic syndrome | Download |
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| Osteoporosis | Download |
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| Parkinson’s disease | Download |
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| Prostate cancer | Download |
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