WOMEN WHO RUN 2021 CHILDHOOD CANCER CHALLENGE

WOMEN WHO RUN CHALLENGE: THE BACKSTORY

In 2017, through Women who run (Mujeres que corren), I supported the Unoentrecienmil Foundation to obtain funding for a pioneering study on the benefits of physical exercise in the treatment of childhood cancer, in which dozens of children diagnosed with cancer took part.

During their time in hospital, the children did two or three sessions per week of aerobic and strength training with a specialized instructor, always authorized by their doctors. When the data obtained through the study was analyzed, the conclusions showed that this training:

  1. It is safe.
  2. The number of days of hospitalization is significantly reduced.
  3. It helps preserve heart function (i.e., it has a cardioprotective effect).

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Now we want to go one step further and build a Physical Exercise Therapy Unit at La Paz Hospital in Madrid, where pediatric cancer patients can work on their recovery by exercising in a safe, adapted space, while at the same time this scientific cancer research study continues. In addition, this unit humanizes the time that children spend in hospital and takes them out of the hospital routine.

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