In the previous BSN Research & Inquiry Courses, my focus for the DLR & CLR assignments was on the effects of exercise on the common Cancer-related symptom; fatigue. For this year’s research and inquiry course, I have decided to remain focused on this topic with a slight modification. The modified focus will be aiming to answer the following question “Which type of exercise has a greater impact on the reduction of cancer related symptoms; Yoga exercise or Aerobic exercise?”. After completing research on this topic in the previous years, I have recognized that there is alot of discussion surrounding exercise and cancer related symptoms although, the gap identified was not knowing which type of exercise has the greatest impact in reducing common cancer-related symptoms.
The two types of exercise that came up most often in my previous research were; yoga and aerobic exercise.
The importance of this topic focuses on the fact that not every individual is able to participate in the same type of exercise (can be effected based on; personal preferences, physical limitations, limited access to equipment.. etc). Therefor, the purpose of this project is to create a research proposal focusing on whether yoga or aerobic exercise has a greater impact on cancer-related symptoms.
Mikayla Taus 
Excellent start. The rationale didn’t seem to fit with your question though – if not everyone can do the same type of exercise there wouldn’t be a need to know which one is better. On the other hand, if people could do anything but only had the energy or time to focus on one it would be worthwhile to look into. Remember to include your citations and watch for the typos when you are working on refining this for your plan. It sounds like you are doing a proposal. Are you?
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You also need to be able to quantify whatever variables you are using.
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Hey Mikayla!
I think your idea is really fascinating! I like that you narrowed it down to two different types of exercise. I think looking at two different kinds of exercise would really make it an accessible and inclusive research proposal. I am looking forward to seeing how your proposal turns out. Best of luck with your research!!!
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Hey Mik.
After reading your post, I am intrigued in your topic. It was a quick read and there was not much of a explanation to your topic. For the purpose, are you exclusively focusing on yoga/aerobic exercise? I like that you included and identified your gap, however I feel like this could have went into a bit more depth. I also liked how you included your research question within your post! Overall, I think this topic is great for a proposal.
**Just a reminder that these posts have to be in APA format, I completely forgot about it too when I posted mine. 🙂
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Hi Mikayla!
Your blog is so creative and colourful, I love it! You identified the gap of current studies very well, as it will be interesting to see whether yoga or aerobic exercise had greater effectiveness in relieving cancer-reated symptoms. In your past research, were there any specific cancer-related symptoms that seemed to have decreased. If so, you could specify it in LA4 when coming up with a purpose statement. Look forward to reading more, sounds like an interesting read 🙂
-Murphy
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