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The Brainfit study: efficacy of cognitive training and exergaming in pediatric cancer survivors – a randomized controlled trial

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Cancer, January 2018
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Title
The Brainfit study: efficacy of cognitive training and exergaming in pediatric cancer survivors – a randomized controlled trial
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BMC Cancer, January 2018
DOI 10.1186/s12885-017-3933-x
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Valentin Benzing, Noëmi Eggenberger, Janine Spitzhüttl, Valerie Siegwart, Manuela Pastore-Wapp, Claus Kiefer, Nedelina Slavova, Michael Grotzer, Theda Heinks, Mirko Schmidt, Achim Conzelmann, Maja Steinlin, Regula Everts, Kurt Leibundgut

Abstract

Cancer survival comes at a price: pediatric cancer survivors bear a high risk for a wide range of cognitive difficulties. Therefore, interventions targeting these difficulties are required. The aim of the present clinical trial is to extend empirical evidence about efficacy of cognitive and physical training in pediatric cancer survivors. It is hypothesized that early cognitive and physical interventions affect the remediation of pediatric cancer survivors in terms of improved executive functions (primary outcome). Additional positive effects of cognitive and physical intervention to other areas such as memory and attention are expected (secondary outcome). Changes in cognitive performance are expected to be associated with structural and functional changes in the brain. Overall, 150 pediatric cancer survivors and 50 matched controls will be included in this trial. The cancer survivors will be randomly assigned to either a computerized cognitive training, a physical training (exergaming) or a waiting control group. They will be assessed with neuropsychological tests, tests of sport motor performance and physical fitness before and after 8 weeks of training and again at a 3-months follow-up. Moreover, neuroimaging will be performed at each of the three time points to investigate the training impact on brain structure and function. With increasing cancer survival rates, evidence-based interventions are of particular importance. New insights into training-related plasticity in the developing brain will further help to develop tailored rehabilitation programs for pediatric cancer survivors. KEK BE 196/15; KEK ZH 2015-0397; ICTRP NCT02749877 ; date of registration: 30.11.2016; date of first participant enrolment: .18.01.2017.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 334 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 48 14%
Student > Bachelor 42 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 25 7%
Researcher 19 6%
Student > Doctoral Student 15 4%
Other 48 14%
Unknown 137 41%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 37 11%
Sports and Recreations 37 11%
Medicine and Dentistry 34 10%
Psychology 28 8%
Neuroscience 19 6%
Other 31 9%
Unknown 148 44%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 8. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 August 2018.
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