The paper presents the results of the analysis of associations between motor skills (MS) and nutritional status (NS) in 102 children who have received treatment of CNS tumors (n=53) and ALL (n=49). Median of remission interval was 2 years (from 3 month to 10 years). MS was evaluated by Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency. NS was assessed using anthropometry and bioimpedance analysis. As a result, it was found that children after cancer treatment have motor and nutritional deficiencies. Low values of NS indicators (lean body mass, cell mass, mid-arm muscle circumference (MAMC)) are associated with a decrease in MS parameters. There was no dependence between the value, dynamics of body fat mass and MS. In those children who had a positive dynamics (+3%) of the phase angle and MAMC for 3 weeks of the observation changes in MS were also significantly positive - in contrast to the overall sample, where any reliable dynamics of MS parameters was not revealed.
The article describes the model of complex rehabilitation of children treated for cancer, developed by specialists of the Research Clinical Rehabilitation Center "Russkoe Pole" Federal Research Clinical Center of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Immunology named after D.Rogachev. Two areas of assistance have been proposed: a retrospective based on identifying potential health risks posed by anamnestic events and a prospective one that reflects the identification of relevant factors related to health and social functioning, the impact on these factors and the tracking of future effects. Methods batteries are described that allow studying and influencing different aspects of the health-related quality of life of patients: physical, psychological and social functioning, as well as an algorithm for directed diagnostics of toxic effects.
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