Conclusions
Supportive care for children with cancer may be augmented by our
findings, but further exploration of relationships between posture and
QOL in a large RCT is warranted. Although many questions remain about
posture as a potential physical sign of QOL in children, evidence
supports the suggestion traced back to Darwin that this biobehavioral
pathway may provide a novel method to measure QOL in pediatric oncology.
An accurate objective measure of QOL could provide an efficient tool to
augment the outcome measurements of interventions to reduce distress in
children receiving treatment for cancer.