Francesca Rossi, Giulia Zucchetti, Maria Esposito, Paola Berchialla, Veronica Sciannameo, Elena Vassallo, Francesco Saglio, Carolina Chamorro Viña, Silvia Scarrone, Roberta Vittorini, Franca Fagioli
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this pilot trial is evaluating the preliminary effectiveness of two in-hospital interventions in the maintenance of motor performance in children/adolescents undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Secondary objectives investigated the interventions' feasibility, impact on fatigue and to what degree the subjects' maintained their ankle dorsiflexion range of movement (ROM), functional mobility, muscle strength and flexibility. METHODS: This trial included 5- to 18-year-old participants, affected by oncological and non-oncological diseases during hospitalisation for autologous/allogenic HSCT...
September 28, 2022: European Journal of Cancer Care