Table 1.
Delay from end of radiotherapy (Number of participants) |
<2y (n = 9) |
2–5y (n = 10) | >5 y (n = 13) | P-value | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Participant characteristics | |||||
Age at baseline assessment (years) .007 | |||||
Mean | 9.72 | 10.65 | 13.65 | ||
Standard deviation | 1.38 | 2.87 | 2.82 | ||
Range | 7.5–11.8 | 7.49–17.0 | 9.0–16.9 | ||
Sex (male) | 5 (55.6%) | 4 (40.0%) | 9 (69.2%) | .386 | |
Handedness (right) | 7 (100%) | 9 (90%) | 12 (92%) | .713 | |
Number of years of education—Mother .241 | |||||
Mean | 13.8 | 16.2 | 15.0 | ||
Standard deviation | 1.92 | 2.49 | 2.16 | ||
Range | 12–17 | 14–20 | 12–18 | ||
Number of years of education—Father .238 | |||||
Mean | 15.6 | 16.6 | 13.57 | ||
Standard deviation | 2.70 | 2.07 | 2.64 | ||
Range | 11–18 | 15–20 | 10–17 | ||
Tumor and treatment | |||||
Age at diagnosis .180 | |||||
Mean | 7.18 | 6.30 | 5.44 | ||
Standard deviation | 2.72 | 1.99 | 2.22 | ||
Range | 2.25–10.67 | 3.0–9.17 | 1.92–9.33 | ||
Tumor type .237 | |||||
Medulloblastoma | 7 | 7 | 6 | ||
Ependymoma | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
High Grade Glioma | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
Germ cell tumor | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Pineoblastoma | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Sarcoma | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Tumor location .058 | |||||
Infratentorial | 9 | 8 | 8 | ||
Supratentorial | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
Chemotherapy | 8 | 9 | 11 | .920 | |
Hydrocephalus .631 | |||||
With no treatment | 3 | 1 | 6 | ||
Requiring CSF diversion | 3 | 6 | 3 | ||
Radiation type .490 | |||||
Focal | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
Cranio-spinal 23.4 Gy Cranio-spinal 36.0 Gy |
2 5 |
2 5 |
2 5 |
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Number of surgeries .853 | |||||
1 surgery | 6 | 6 | 8 | ||
2 surgeries | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
3 surgeries | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Relapse | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
Exercise level before training | |||||
Exercise activity before trial .509 | |||||
Everyday | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
More than 3 times a week | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
Less than 3 times a week | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
Sedentary | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
BMI (z-score) .095 | |||||
Mean | −0.164 | 0.885 | 0.929 | ||
Standard deviation | 1.23 | 1.01 | 0.868 | ||
Range | −2.07 to 1.69 | −1.09 to 2.24 | −0.290 to .56 | ||
Intervention | |||||
Intervention or control group .273 | |||||
Intervention | 3 | 7 | 6 | ||
Control | 6 | 3 | 7 | ||
Group training or combined training .810 | |||||
Group training | 2 | 5 | 5 | ||
Combined training | 4 | 5 | 7 |