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Physical Activity and Health of Children With Cancer in Remission

NCT00839904 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 22

Last updated 2013-07-30

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Physical activity is a well-known and powerful tool in medicine,having preventive, palliative, and curative properties. This has not been sufficiently examined in children in remission from cancer. In this study, children in remission from cancer will be divided into exercise and control groups. The interventional group will perform two supervised, 60-minute weekly exercise sessions. Outcome measures of the exercise intervention will be quality of life, mood, cardiorespiratory fitness, body composition and bone mineral density.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

exercise

two supervised, 60-minute weekly exercise sessions + instructions to perform additional physical activities throughout the day

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Israel Cancer Association

    collaborator OTHER

  • Hadassah Medical Organization

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
6 Years
Max Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-02-28
Primary Completion
2012-08-31
Completion
2012-08-31

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