Sensorimotor training during and after acute care for pediatric cancer disease - Effects on balance and associated functional performance parameters

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Childhood cancer; C00-D48; Neoplasms

• Registration Number: DRKS00031418
• Lead Sponsor: Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln, Institut für Kreislaufforschung und Sportmedizin, Abteilung Molekulare und Zelluläre Sportmedizin

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-03-09
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

IG1 and IG2:
• age: = 6 and = 21 years
• pediatric oncological disease
• medical consent from the treating oncologist
• written informed consent from at least one legal guardian (participants <18 years)
• written informed consent from the participant

IG1:
• acute medical treatment including chemotherapy that requires regular inpatient stays

IG2:
• max. 24 months since cessation of acute medical treatment including chemotherapy

Exclusion Criteria

IG1 and IG2:
• physical or severe mental impairments that make participation in the training intervention or the functional motor tests impossible from the oncologist's point of view (e.g. amputations or severe functional impairments of the lower extremities)
• special circumstances (on medical recommendation)
• diagnosis of a CNS-tumor (due to the accompanying balance impairments)
• lack of german language skills that make comprehension of the informed consents resp. the intervention and functional motor tests impossible

Contraindications (leading to interruption of the training):
IG1 and IG2:
- Thrombocytopenia (acute platelet count below 10,000mm³ or 20,000mm³ with bleeding signs)
- Acute thrombosis
- Nausea/emesis or dizziness
- Fever (=38.0°C)
- During severe infections
- Up to 7 days after minor surgical procedures
- At least 2 weeks after major surgical procedures
- injuries of muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints or bones that make participation temporarily impossible

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The primary outcome is the effect of the sensorimotor intervention on balance. To examine balance, the one-leg stand (qualitative and quantitative evaluation) and a pressure distribution platform (emed ®, Novel gmbh, Munich) will be used at baseline (t1) and after the six-week intervention (t2).