Physical and functional performance assessment in pediatric oncology: a systematic review.
Regine SöntgerathJulia DäggelmannSabine V KestingCorina S RueeggTorge-Christian WittkeSimon ReichKatharina G EckertSandra StoesselCarolina Chamorro-ViñaJoachim WiskemannPeter WrightAnna Senn-MalashonakVanessa OschwaldAnne-Marie TillMiriam GöttePublished in: Pediatric research (2021)
This systematic review includes 149 studies and provides a comprehensive summary of 63 assessments to evaluate cardiorespiratory fitness, muscle strength, speed, balance, flexibility, functional mobility, gait or motor performance test batteries in patients and survivors of pediatric cancer. We present the most studied fields within the pediatric cancer population, which are cardiorespiratory fitness and muscle strength, off treatment phase, and leukemia patients. We propose research priorities by identification of subgroups in terms of cancer type, phase of treatment, and outcome of interest that are underrepresented in studies currently available.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- systematic review
- papillary thyroid
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- peritoneal dialysis
- childhood cancer
- squamous cell
- young adults
- acute myeloid leukemia
- physical activity
- lymph node metastasis
- patient reported outcomes
- smoking cessation
- replacement therapy
- bioinformatics analysis