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Systematic Review

Physical Activity Promotion Programmes in Childhood Cancer Patients and Their Impact on Fatigue and Pain: A Systematic Review

by
Catherine Malysse
1,
Rita Pilar Romero-Galisteo
1,2,*,
Jose Antonio Merchán-Baeza
3,
J. Ignacio Durán-Millán
1,2,
Manuel González-Sánchez
1,2 and
Alejandro Galan-Mercant
4,5
1
Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Málaga, Avda. Cervantes, 2, 29071 Málaga, Spain
2
Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga, IBIMA, 29010 Málaga, Spain
3
Research Group on Methodology, Methods, Models and Outcomes of Health and Social Sciences (M3O), Centre for Health and Social Care Research (CESS), Faculty of Health Science and Welfare, University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia (UVIC-UCC), C. Sagrada Família, 7, 08500 Vic, Spain
4
MOVE-IT Research Group, Department of Physical Education, Faculty of Nursing and Physiotherapy, University of Cádiz, 11003 Cádiz, Spain
5
Biomedical Research and Innovation Institute of Cádiz (INiBICA) Research Unit, Puerta del Mar University Hospital (Cádiz), University of Cádiz, 11002 Cádiz, Spain
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Children 2021, 8(12), 1119; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8121119
Submission received: 25 October 2021 / Revised: 24 November 2021 / Accepted: 30 November 2021 / Published: 2 December 2021
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Cancer is one of the main causes of death in children, however, the techniques and interventions applied allow the cure of 80% of diagnosed cases. The aim of this review was to determine the benefits of a health and physical activity promotion programme to reduce pain and fatigue symptoms in children and adolescents with cancer. The databases PubMed, Embase, Scopus, Cochrane, Web of Science and PEDro were searched between December 2020 and January 2021 to elaborate this review, using the keywords child, cancer, exercise, fatigue and pain. The review was preregistered in PROSPERO (ID CRD42021262183). Six studies, out of 937 identified at baseline, were finally included in the review: four randomised controlled trials and two quasi-experimental studies. The total sample size of all the included studies was of 474 participants with very different types of cancer and evolution, and outcome variables were pain, fatigue, physical activity level, self-efficacy and quality of life. A health and physical activity promotion programme seems to improve fatigue in paediatric cancer patients and survivors, but no significant results were found related to pain.
Keywords: child; cancer; fatigue; pain; health promotion; physical activity; coaching child; cancer; fatigue; pain; health promotion; physical activity; coaching

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Malysse, C.; Romero-Galisteo, R.P.; Merchán-Baeza, J.A.; Durán-Millán, J.I.; González-Sánchez, M.; Galan-Mercant, A. Physical Activity Promotion Programmes in Childhood Cancer Patients and Their Impact on Fatigue and Pain: A Systematic Review. Children 2021, 8, 1119. https://doi.org/10.3390/children8121119

AMA Style

Malysse C, Romero-Galisteo RP, Merchán-Baeza JA, Durán-Millán JI, González-Sánchez M, Galan-Mercant A. Physical Activity Promotion Programmes in Childhood Cancer Patients and Their Impact on Fatigue and Pain: A Systematic Review. Children. 2021; 8(12):1119. https://doi.org/10.3390/children8121119

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Malysse, Catherine, Rita Pilar Romero-Galisteo, Jose Antonio Merchán-Baeza, J. Ignacio Durán-Millán, Manuel González-Sánchez, and Alejandro Galan-Mercant. 2021. "Physical Activity Promotion Programmes in Childhood Cancer Patients and Their Impact on Fatigue and Pain: A Systematic Review" Children 8, no. 12: 1119. https://doi.org/10.3390/children8121119

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Malysse, C., Romero-Galisteo, R. P., Merchán-Baeza, J. A., Durán-Millán, J. I., González-Sánchez, M., & Galan-Mercant, A. (2021). Physical Activity Promotion Programmes in Childhood Cancer Patients and Their Impact on Fatigue and Pain: A Systematic Review. Children, 8(12), 1119. https://doi.org/10.3390/children8121119

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