Vesile Yildiz Kabak1,2, Patrick Calders3, Tulin Duger4, Jibril Mohammed3,5, Eric van Breda3,6. 1. Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. vesile_yldz@hotmail.com. 2. Department of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium. vesile_yldz@hotmail.com. 3. Department of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium. 4. Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. 5. Department of Physiotherapy, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria. 6. Department of Physiotherapy, Research Group MOVANT, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To describe the impairments in physical fitness in individuals who were previously diagnosed and treated for childhood cancer. METHODS: Using the PRISMA-guidelines, a systematic search was performed in PubMed, Web of Science, and Embase using a combination of the following predefined keywords: "exercise capacity" OR "aerobic capacity" OR "fitness" OR "cardiorespiratory fitness" OR "cardiopulmonary fitness" OR "physical fitness" OR "exercise testing" OR "exercise tolerance" OR "exercise" OR "oxygen consumption" AND "leukemia" OR "childhood cancer" OR "childhood cancer survivors (CCS)". Studies that met our inclusion criteria were reviewed on methodological quality, while the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale was used for evidence synthesis. RESULTS: A total of 2644 articles were identified from the database search. After screening based on the eligibility (abstracts) and inclusion (full texts) criteria, 49 articles remained. Even though the risk-of-bias scores in the studies were generally low, yet the results from those with high-quality studies revealed that poor fitness levels were prevalent in individuals with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, brain tumor, and mixed cancer histories, compared to healthy controls. CONCLUSIONS: A global glance at CCS shows poor levels of fitness that is continuous and life-long even after active cancer treatment has ended. Nevertheless, the results presented in this review were based on a limited number of high-quality studies suggesting the need to for additional clinical trials in the topic area.
PURPOSE: To describe the impairments in physical fitness in individuals who were previously diagnosed and treated for childhood cancer. METHODS: Using the PRISMA-guidelines, a systematic search was performed in PubMed, Web of Science, and Embase using a combination of the following predefined keywords: "exercise capacity" OR "aerobic capacity" OR "fitness" OR "cardiorespiratory fitness" OR "cardiopulmonary fitness" OR "physical fitness" OR "exercise testing" OR "exercise tolerance" OR "exercise" OR "oxygen consumption" AND "leukemia" OR "childhood cancer" OR "childhood cancer survivors (CCS)". Studies that met our inclusion criteria were reviewed on methodological quality, while the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale was used for evidence synthesis. RESULTS: A total of 2644 articles were identified from the database search. After screening based on the eligibility (abstracts) and inclusion (full texts) criteria, 49 articles remained. Even though the risk-of-bias scores in the studies were generally low, yet the results from those with high-quality studies revealed that poor fitness levels were prevalent in individuals with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, brain tumor, and mixed cancer histories, compared to healthy controls. CONCLUSIONS: A global glance at CCS shows poor levels of fitness that is continuous and life-long even after active cancer treatment has ended. Nevertheless, the results presented in this review were based on a limited number of high-quality studies suggesting the need to for additional clinical trials in the topic area.
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Childhood cancer survivor; Exercise capacity; Physical fitness; Survivor
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