Effect of Chest Biofeedback Exercises on Physical Stress Level on Leukemic Children Post Chemotherapy Session: A Review Article

Background: Leukemia is the most common childhood cancer. Chemotherapy is the primary treatment for this kind of cancer and is typically administered in three steps: Induction, consolidation and maintenencechemotherapy. Chemotherapy treatment can lead to physical stress, anxiety and fatigue, which may interfere with drugs efficacy. Breathing exercises stimulates parasympathetic nervous system, which will trigger the release of endorphins and affect directly the autonomic nervous system and help in decrease child physical stress
Objective: This review aimed to highlight the effect of chest biofeedback exercises on physical stress level in leukemic children.
Methods: We searched both Google Scholar and PubMed for effect of chest biofeedback exercises, physical stress level on leukemic children, heart rate variability (HRV), and blood volume pulse (BVP). Only the latest or comprehensive study from January 2015 to January 2023 was included, while the authors additionally assessed references from pertinent literature. Languages other than English have been excluded because of the dearth of translation sources. Oral presentations, dissertations, conference abstracts, and unpublished articles were excluded since they did not pertain to significant scientific studies.
Conclusion: This review looked at how chest biofeedback exercises can affect physical stress in leukemic children. A lot of studies showed the psychological side effects of using chemotherapy. The physiological stress can affect HRV, respiratory rate, galvanic skin response (GSR) and BVP, Biofeedback chest exercises as diaphragmatic breathing and pursed have a significant effect on this physiological stress which help the children by diminish some of side effect after chemotherapy sessions.