ArticleEuropean journal of pediatrics2023
A randomized controlled trial of a home-based computerized executive function intervention for children with cerebral palsy.
Article in European journal of pediatrics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04025749 (Executive Training in Cerebral Palsy), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Executive Training in Cerebral Palsy: Participation, Quality of Life and Brain Connectivity
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of the combination of exercise with noninvasive brain stimulation on motor function and spasticity in children with cerebral palsy: A systematic review and meta-analysis.European journal of pediatrics · 2025Pooled it
- Transferability of an executive function intervention in children with cerebral palsy: A randomized controlled trial.Developmental medicine and child neurology · 2025Trial
- Understanding social cognition in children with cerebral palsy: exploring the relationship with executive functions and the intervention outcomes in a randomized controlled trial.European journal of pediatrics · 2024Trial
- Time and Mind: A State-of-the-Art Perspective on Time Perception and Cognitive-Motor Interactions in Children and Adolescents with Cerebral Palsy.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
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Abstract
Children with cerebral palsy (CP) often show executive function (EF) impairments that are key to quality of life. The aim of this study was to assess whether a home-based computerized intervention program improves executive functions (EFs) compared to usual care. Sixty participants (30 females) with CP (8-12 years old) were paired by age, sex, motor ability, and intelligence quotient score and then randomized to intervention and waitlist control groups. The intervention group received a 12-week home-based computerized EF intervention (5 days/week, 30 min/day, total dose 30 h). Core and higher-order EFs were assessed before, immediately after, and 9 months after completing the intervention. The intervention group performed better than the waitlist control group in the three core EFs (immediately and 9 months after the intervention): inhibitory control (F = 7.58, p = 0.13 and F = 7.85, p = 0.12), working memory (F = 8.34, p = 0.14 and F = 7.55, p = 0.13), and cognitive flexibility (F = 4.87, p = 0.09 and F = 4.19, p = 0.08). No differences were found between the groups in higher-order EFs or EF manifestations in daily life.
conclusionsA home-based computerized EF intervention improved core EFs in children with CP, but further research is needed to identify strategies that allow the transfer of these improvements to everyday life.
trial registrationNCT04025749 retrospectively registered on 19 July 2019. WHAT IS KNOWN: • One in two children with cerebral palsy has an intellectual impairment. Visual perception and executive functions are the most reported specific cognitive deficits. • The majority of interventions for cerebral palsy focus on motor impairments, but only a few randomized controlled trials have explored the effect of interventions on executive functions. WHAT IS NEW: • A home-based computerized cognitive intervention can improve the core executive functions of children with cerebral palsy. • Short- and long-term effects on core executive functions have been found.
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