Physical Activity in Pediatric Cancer patients with solid tumors (PAPEC): Trial rationale and design

Motor performance in children and adolescents with cancer at the end of acute treatment phase

“…Specific physical therapy, adapted to individual performance limitations, is essential for this patient group, as well as a general promotion of enjoyable exercises to maintain adequate activity levels and physical fitness [40]. Some ongoing studies about the role of exercise interventions in specific groups of pediatric cancer entities like solid tumors [33] and patients treated with autologous stem cell transplantation [7] may help to develop entity-related exercise recommendations in the future.…”

Effects of a 6‐Month, Group‐Based, Therapeutic Exercise Program for Childhood Cancer Outpatients on Motor Performance, Level of Activity, and Quality of Life

“…The literature in pediatric oncology increasingly presents evidence for the feasibility of exercise programs throughout the childhood cancer experience . Current data confirm the safety of exercise in pediatric oncology with no exercise intervention study reporting any adverse event, although such outcomes are rarely reported .…”

“…Unfortunately, childhood cancer survivors are at an increased risk of developing adverse physiological and psychosocial effects due to their cancer and/or its medical treatments . The occurrence of these late effects may be aggravated by typically low levels of activity observed in childhood cancer survivors …”

The feasibility and benefits of a 12-week yoga intervention for pediatric cancer out-patients

“…Seven recent reviews of the literature have investigated physical activity (PA) as a feasible, safe and effective strategy to promote HRQL, mitigate the effects of treatments, and enhance PA levels (PAL) in pediatric oncology [8,10,[12][13][14][15][16]. These studies have examined PA in the form of mild to moderate aerobic and resistance training, leaving alternative types of PA, such as yoga, under explored [8,10,[12][13][14][15][16]. Contemporary western yoga practice is defined as an alternative form of PA that combines physical practice, breath work and mindfulness/meditation [17,18].…”