Acute effects of three types of physical exercise on cognitive performance of children aged 10-13 years

Completed

• Conditions: Physical exercise and cognitive performance; Not Applicable

• Registration Number: ISRCTN95898631
• Lead Sponsor: EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research

Brief Summary

1. 2016 results in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27242629 (added 24/01/2019)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Completion: 2014-06-01
• Study Start: 2015-05-20
• Last Update Posted: 11 February 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 200

Inclusion Criteria

All children in 5th and/or 6th grade (10-13 years old) in the selected schools were eligible to participate.

Exclusion Criteria

Parents/legal guardians could withdraw their child from the study by signing and returing the objection form. These children were excluded from the study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> 1. Selective attention (d2 Test of Attention)<br> 2. Information processing speed (Letter Digit Substitution Test)<br><br> The cognitive tests were administered four times: before the exercise session (pre-test), after the exercise session (post-test), before the control session (pre-test), after the control session (post-test)<br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Heart rate was measured during the exercise sessions (Polar heart rate monitor) in order to determine the exercise intensity.