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However, longitudinal trajectories of these outcomes have not been well studied. Methods: This longitudinal study included patients enrolled on an institutional therapeutic protocol with lower extremity or pelvic osteosarcoma. Functional assessments (functional mobility assessment, FMA) were performed at diagnosis, prior to surgery, 10\u201312 weeks post-surgery, end of therapy, and 6, 18, and 48 months post-therapy. Generalized mixed models were used to evaluate differences in FMA scores, strength, and ROM across time points. Results: The study included 35 patients (mean age 13.1 \u00b1 3.4 years) with osteosarcoma of the lower extremity (n = 34) and pelvis (n = 1). The majority underwent a limb salvage procedure (74.3%). FMA scores were lowest at the pre-therapy time point (least squared (LS) mean 27.2, standard error (SE) 2.2) and highest at the 48-month follow-up time point (LS mean 48.4, SE 2.4, p-trend &lt; 0.01). A large proportion of participants had scores indicating functional impairment throughout the study period including 80% of participants at the 48-month follow-up. Strength and ROM scores demonstrated similar trends in improvement over time; however, they remained below normative scores at long-term follow-up. Conclusions: A high burden of impairment in function, strength, and ROM persists among survivors of childhood lower extremity and pelvic osteosarcoma from diagnosis through long-term follow-up. Implications for Cancer Survivors: A lifelong focus on mitigating impairments in function, strength, and ROM is needed among survivors of childhood pelvic and lower extremity osteosarcoma.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/cancers18111790","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,29]],"date-time":"2026-05-29T15:57:18Z","timestamp":1780070238000},"page":"1790","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Longitudinal Functional Outcomes Among Survivors of Childhood Lower Extremity Osteosarcoma"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"18","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0650-3664","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Amy M.","family":"Berkman","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Epidemiology and Cancer Control, St. Jude Children\u2019s Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Research Pl, Memphis, TN 38105, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Matthew D.","family":"Wogksch","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Epidemiology and Cancer Control, St. Jude Children\u2019s Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Research Pl, Memphis, TN 38105, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0410-8951","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Robyn E.","family":"Partin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Epidemiology and Cancer Control, St. Jude Children\u2019s Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Research Pl, Memphis, TN 38105, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Terry","family":"Wilson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Rehabilitation Services, St. Jude Children\u2019s Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Research Pl, Memphis, TN 38105, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Michael D.","family":"Neel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 901 Madison Ave, Memphis, TN 38163, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Michael W.","family":"Bishop","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics, Arkansas Children\u2019s Hospital, 1 Children\u2019s Way Slot #512-10, Little Rock, AR 72202, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Najat C.","family":"Daw","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7916-6382","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Fariba","family":"Navid","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Cancer and Blood Disease Institute, Children\u2019s Hospital Los Angeles, Department of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 1975 Zonal Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5807-4876","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sara M.","family":"Federico","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children\u2019s Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Research Pl, Memphis, TN 38105, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6693-8120","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Deokumar","family":"Srivastava","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biostatistics, St. Jude Children\u2019s Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Research Pl, Memphis, TN 38105, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6984-2407","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Melissa M.","family":"Hudson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children\u2019s Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Research Pl, Memphis, TN 38105, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kirsten K.","family":"Ness","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Epidemiology and Cancer Control, St. Jude Children\u2019s Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Research Pl, Memphis, TN 38105, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,29]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"475","DOI":"10.1016\/j.mayocp.2012.01.015","article-title":"Common musculoskeletal tumors of childhood and adolescence","volume":"87","author":"Arndt","year":"2012","journal-title":"Mayo Clin. 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