School-based physical activity and children’s cognitive functioning: the quest for theory-driven interventions
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Healthy children and adolescents
- Registration Number
- DRKS00023254
- Lead Sponsor
- Institut für Sportwissenschaft, Universität Bern
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 904
Inclusion Criteria
Both projects parts A and B will be conducted with 9-13 years old children, males and females, German speaking, attending the 5th or 6th elementary school classes in the Canton Bern, Switzerland. In addition, signed consent form is required by his/her parent/ legal guardian.
Exclusion Criteria
The exclusion criteria are any neurological, neurodevelopmental, or medical condition (e.g., ADHD, autism spectrum disorders, Tourette syndrome, epilepsy) or functional limitation, reported by the school staff, that could hinder from participation or alter study results. An additional exclusion criterion is a previous enrolment into another study of the current research program.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Cognitive inhibition, a core executive function will be assessed by a modified child-adapted Attention network task (ANT-R; Fan et al., 2009) using Inquisit 5 (Millisecond Software, Seattle, WA; https://www.millisecond.com/).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method