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Motor Performance in Children Diagnosed with Cancer: A Longitudinal Observational Study

Anna Axelin; Heidi Pukkila; Liisa S Järvelä; Lotta Hamari; Mikko Arola; Päivi M Lähteenmäki; Sanna Salanterä

dc.contributor.authorAnna Axelin
dc.contributor.authorHeidi Pukkila
dc.contributor.authorLiisa S Järvelä
dc.contributor.authorLotta Hamari
dc.contributor.authorMikko Arola
dc.contributor.authorPäivi M Lähteenmäki
dc.contributor.authorSanna Salanterä
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-27T11:57:59Z
dc.date.available2022-10-27T11:57:59Z
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.utupub.fi/handle/10024/156260
dc.description.abstract<p>Children with cancer are dealing with different side and long-term effects caused by cancer and its treatments, like vinca-alkaloids, which may have negative effects on motor performance. However, the affected areas of motor performance (aiming and catching, balance, manual dexterity) and the differences in these areas between boys and girls and diagnoses are not frequently reported in a longitudinal design. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate how motor performance changes over the course of cancer treatment. The study was conducted with 3-to 16-year-old children with cancer (N = 36) in 2013-2017. The five assessment points were 0, 2, 6, 12 and 30 months from diagnosis. Movement-ABC2 was used to assess motor performance. We found that aiming and catching skills decreased significantly during the follow-up (<i>p</i> < 0.05). Balance was affected at the 2-month measurement point (<i>p</i> < 0.05) and more in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia than in children with other cancer diagnoses (<i>p</i> < 0.05). Girls performed better than boys in manual dexterity at 6, 12 and 30 months (<i>p</i> < 0.05, <i>p</i> < 0.05, <i>p</i> < 0.05, respectively). Individual monitoring of motor performance with standardized tests and physical activity/exercise programs during and after treatment are needed. </p>
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.titleMotor Performance in Children Diagnosed with Cancer: A Longitudinal Observational Study
dc.identifier.urlhttps://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/7/8/98
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi-fe2021042821500
dc.relation.volume7
dc.contributor.organizationfi=hoitotiede|en=Nursing Science|
dc.contributor.organizationfi=lastentautioppi|en=Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine|
dc.contributor.organizationfi=tyks, vsshp|en=tyks, vsshp|
dc.contributor.organization-code2607313
dc.contributor.organization-code2607400
dc.converis.publication-id48760439
dc.converis.urlhttps://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/Publication/48760439
dc.identifier.jour-issn2227-9067
dc.okm.affiliatedauthorAxelin, Anna
dc.okm.affiliatedauthorDataimport, tyks, vsshp
dc.okm.affiliatedauthorHamari, Lotta
dc.okm.affiliatedauthorJärvelä, Liisa
dc.okm.affiliatedauthorLähteenmäki, Päivi
dc.okm.affiliatedauthorSalanterä, Sanna
dc.okm.discipline3122 Cancersen_GB
dc.okm.discipline3123 Gynaecology and paediatricsen_GB
dc.okm.discipline316 Nursingen_GB
dc.okm.discipline3122 Syöpätauditfi_FI
dc.okm.discipline3123 Naisten- ja lastentauditfi_FI
dc.okm.discipline316 Hoitotiedefi_FI
dc.okm.internationalcopublicationnot an international co-publication
dc.okm.internationalityInternational publication
dc.okm.typeJournal article
dc.publisher.countrySwitzerlanden_GB
dc.publisher.countrySveitsifi_FI
dc.publisher.country-codeCH
dc.relation.doi10.3390/children7080098
dc.relation.ispartofjournalChildren
dc.relation.issue8
dc.year.issued2020


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