Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT00839904
Physical Activity and Health of Children With Cancer in Remission
The Effect of Physical Activity on the Mental and Physical Health of Children With Cancer in Remission
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 22 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Hadassah Medical Organization · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 6 Years – 16 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
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
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIORAL | exercise | two supervised, 60-minute weekly exercise sessions + instructions to perform additional physical activities throughout the day |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2010-02-01
- Primary completion
- 2012-08-01
- Completion
- 2012-08-01
- First posted
- 2009-02-10
- Last updated
- 2013-07-30
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00839904. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.