PASTEC: a prospective, single-center, randomized cross-over trial of pure physical versus physical/attentional activity in children with cancer

Among disease- or treatment-related long-term effects of childhoodcancer, peripheral neuropathies, deficits in global coordination, balance, attention capacity andquality of life have been demonstrated. Several publications mention a potential benefit of phys-ical activity in improving long term outcome of such complications. Our study aimed primar-ily at evaluating the feasibility of a weekly physical activity program for children with cancerand secondly at assessing if the type of physical activity proposed could impact the pattern of improvement