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. 2024 Jul 31;14(7):e082161. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082161

Table 1. Schematic diagram of participant timeline.

Assessments for all participants
Baseline study visit HD-DRUM training intervention (completed at home with support and reminders) or control time period Follow-up study visit
Day 1 8-week intervention period End of week 8 (+ 2 weeks)
Cohort Descriptive information
 MOCA* X
 TOPF X
Self-report questionnaire
 Patient Health Questionnaire-8 X X
 HD-DRUM participant evaluation survey X
Paper and pencil tasks
 Stroop task X X
 Verbal fluency X X
 SDMT X X
 Categorical fluency X X
 Verbal trails (letter-digit switching) X X
Computerised tasks
 N-back Audio (letters) X X
 N-back Visuospatial (square changing positions in grid) X X
 N-back dual (audio and visuospatial) X X
 Flanker task X X
Q-Motor assessments
 Speeded finger tapping (left/right index finger) X X
 Finger metronome tapping (left/right index finger) X X
 Pointing and tapping (dominant hand) X X
 Dual (pointing and tapping with dominant hand, speeded finger tapping with opposite hand) X X
 Speeded foot tapping (left/right) X X
 Metronome foot tapping (left/right) X X
Brain imaging
 T1-weighted MPRAGE X X
 msHARDI X X
 qMT X X
 mcDESPOT X X
HD-DRUM group
 HD-DRUM training intervention supported by email and telephone reminders X
Control group
 Standard care, usual activities X

HD, Huntington’s disease; mcDESPOT, multicomponent-driven equilibrium single pulse observation of T1 and T2; MOCA, Montreal Cognitive Assessment; msHARDI, multi-shell high angular resolution diffusion imaging; qMT, quantitative magnetisation transfer; SDMT, Symbol Digit Modalities Test; T1-MPRAGE, T1-weighted Magnetisation Prepared-Rapid Gradient Echo Sequence; TOPF, test of premorbid functioning