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Motor Competence And Quality Of Life In Youth With Cancer And Visual Impairments, Emily N. Gilbert
Motor Competence And Quality Of Life In Youth With Cancer And Visual Impairments, Emily N. Gilbert
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This dissertation is comprised of a systematic review of the literature and two descriptive analytic studies, for a total of three studies. The overall purpose of this dissertation was to examine the motor competence of youth with pediatric cancers, a visual impairment (VI), and VI sequela of cancer (VISC), and to explore if motor competence and other variables in the physical domain predict overall health-related quality of life (HRQoL).
The purpose of Study 1 systematic review of literature was to explore and describe the motor competence of pediatric cancer patients and survivors in comparison to peers without cancer and to …