A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Home-based Computerized Executive Function Intervention for Children with Cerebral Palsy

Overview

Journal Eur J Pediatr

Specialty Pediatrics

Date 2023 Jul 18

PMID 37462799

Authors

Maria Garcia-Galant

Montse Blasco

Olga Laporta-Hoyos

Alba Berenguer-Gonzalez

Paula Moral-Salicru

Julia Ballester-Plane

Xavier Caldu

Julia Miralbell

Xenia Alonso

Julita Medina-Cantillo

Elsa Povedano-Bullo

David Leiva

Roslyn N Boyd

Roser Pueyo

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Abstract

Conclusions: A 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 Registration: NCT04025749 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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