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Life sciences · Journal article
Artefactum · October 16, 2026
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Childhood cancer can cause physical and emotional limitations that affect the child’s routine and quality of life. In this context, physiotherapy and integrative therapies support the care of these children. This review is justified by the need to gather what the literature reports on these approaches, considering the differences among studies. The aim was to examine physiotherapeutic approaches and integrative therapies in the care of children with cancer, highlighting their contributions to functioning, well-being, and quality of life, and to point out the main benefits of their combination for more humanized and comprehensive care. A qualitative literature review was conducted in SciELO, PubMed, and PEDro, covering publications from 2013 to June 2026, using DeCS and MeSH descriptors, the PICO strategy, and study selection according to the PRISMA flowchart, which resulted in 16 included studies. Physiotherapy contributed mainly to functional mobility, strength, and reduced fatigue, through supervised and adapted therapeutic exercise, whereas integrative practices such as music, hypnosis, massage, Reiki, and art therapy were related to reduced pain and anxiety, comfort, and emotional relief. There was a wide variety of assessment tools, few intervention recommendations in guidelines, and part of the results came from inpatient settings. It is concluded that the benefits of each approach were described separately, since the studies did not directly evaluate their combination, and that new studies on this combination are needed, mainly in outpatient care and with larger samples.