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INTRODUCTIONHematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is a potentially curative option for many diseases, such as hematologic malignancies and refractory solid tumours among children and adolescents (Miano et al., 2007). Its use in the paediatric population has increased over the last three decades as have its survival rates (Barriga et al., 2012). Despite this, HSCT causes a significant number of clinical complications and side effects, both in the short term (e.g., mucositis, fever, nausea and vomiting) and in the long term (e.g., organ toxicities and fatigue) (Kabak et al., 2019). Indeed, allogeneic HSCT recipients can develop graft‐versus‐host disease that can lead to extensive multi‐organ failure, system toxicities and mortality (Blazar et al., 2012). Due to the previous treatments, the severity of the conditioning regimen, length of isolation and hospitalisation, physical, cognitive and psychosocial functions can all be severely impaired (Chamorro‐Viña et al., 2010; Oeffinger et al., 2009), with a consequent reduction in autonomy and quality of life (QoL) (Hacker et al., 2006).Recent studies showed exercise and rehabilitation as a promising tool to decrease the side effects of HSCT and improve QoL in paediatric population undergoing HSCT (Lago et al., 2020; Martha et al., 2021). A systematic meta‐analysis review (Lago et al., 2020) reported that physical exercise is safe, feasible and
European Journal of Cancer Care – Wiley
Published: Nov 1, 2022
Keywords: adolescents; children; fatigue; hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; motor performance; physical therapy
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