ReviewHeliyon2022
Practice effects in performance outcome measures in patients living with neurologic disorders - A systematic review.
Review in Heliyon, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.
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23 citing papers in PubMed.
- Evaluating the Test-Retest Reliability and Measurement Error of a Sit-Stand-Power Test in Individuals Treated for Cancer.Integrative cancer therapiesTrial
- Selective associations between cognitive practice effects and reactive balance adaptation in multiple sclerosis.Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists · 2026Article
- Minimal clinically important difference for cognitive scales in people with Parkinson's disease with cognitive impairment.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- The practice effect of smartphone-derived cognitive processing speed assessments as a proxy of cognitive functioning in multiple sclerosis.Journal of neurology · 2026Article
- Nature-Based Therapy: Exploring the Processes That Foster Change.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Comparisons between two adapted versions of the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test in Brazilian adults: Effects of age and education.Journal of neuropsychology · 2026Article
- Impact of cognitive behavioral therapy on attention in patients with fibromyalgia: a randomized controlled trial.Pain reports · 2026Article
- Intensive, Repeated Self-Report Measures: Should We Be Concerned About Changes in Data Quality Over Time?JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2026Article
- Stratified screening-based cognitive measures reveals temporal patterns of recovery after the CSF tap test in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH): A single-centre retrospective study.Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders · 2026Article
- Episodic memory trajectories of older adults with and without HIV: A longitudinal population-based study in rural South Africa.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Naming practice effects and inconsistencies relate to treatment outcome in people with aphasia.Neuropsychologia · 2025Article
- Practice effects on digital cognitive assessment tools: insights from the defense automated neurobehavioral assessment battery.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025Article
- Uncovering heterogeneous cognitive trajectories in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis: a longitudinal study.Acta neurologica Belgica · 2025Article
- Excellent test-retest reliability of perturbation-evoked cortical responses supports feasibility of the balance N1 as a clinical biomarker.Journal of neurophysiology · 2025Article
- Cardiorespiratory fitness does not predict longitudinal changes in manual dexterity, cognition or corticospinal excitability in multiple sclerosis.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2025Article
- Characterizing Performance on a Suite of English-Language NeuroUX Mobile Cognitive Tests in a US Adult Sample: Ecological Momentary Cognitive Testing Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
- Evaluating practice effects across learning trials - ceiling effects or something more?Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology · 2024Article
- CD4 nadir and neurocognitive trajectories in people living with HIV.Journal of neurovirology · 2024Article
- Minimal effect of long-term clonazepam on cognitive function in patients with isolated rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2024Article
- Use of smartphone-based remote assessments of multiple sclerosis in Floodlight Open, a global, prospective, open-access study.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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Abstract
Background: In this systematic review we sought to characterize practice effects on traditional in-clinic or digital performance outcome measures commonly used in one of four neurologic disease areas (multiple sclerosis; Huntington's disease; Parkinson's disease; and Alzheimer's disease, mild cognitive impairment and other forms of dementia), describe mitigation strategies to minimize their impact on data interpretation and identify gaps to be addressed in future work. Methods: Fifty-eight original articles (49 from Embase and an additional 4 from PubMed and 5 from additional sources; cut-off date January 13, 2021) describing practice effects or their mitigation strategies were included. Results: Practice effects observed in healthy volunteers do not always translate to patients living with neurologic disorders. Mitigation strategies include reliable changes indices that account for practice effects or a run-in period. While the former requires data from a reference sample showing similar practice effects, the latter requires a sufficient number of tests in the run-in period to reach steady-state performance. However, many studies only included 2 or 3 test administrations, which is insufficient to define the number of tests needed in a run-in period. Discussion: Several gaps have been identified. In particular the assessment of practice effects on an individual patient level as well as the temporal dynamics of practice effects are largely unaddressed. Here, digital tests, which allow much higher testing frequency over prolonged periods of time, can be used in future work to gain a deeper understanding of practice effects and to develop new metrics for assessing and accounting for practice effects in clinical research and clinical trials.
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