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Written by Jennifer Mercer, supported by Janet Baker
Physical activity (PA) is defined as any skeletal muscle movement that requires energy (World Health Organisation, 2019). Whilst patients are undergoing treatment for haematological malignancies (HM), PA may reduce dramatically. Due to treatment side effects such as nausea/vomiting, cancer-related fatigue (CRF) and mucositis, a majority of patients will spend a large percentage of their day in an inactive state. In addition, due to neutropenia/risk of infection, patients may be in protective isolation, further restricting PA (Annibali et al., 2017).
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