Trial reportMedicine and science in sports and exercise2010
Effect of a simulated active commute to school on cardiovascular stress reactivity.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 55 citations in OpenAlex.
- Does a Single Exercise Session Reduce the Reactivity to Acute Psychosocial Stress in Children?European journal of sport science · 2025Trial
- Impact of physical activity on energy balance, food intake and choice in normal weight and obese children in the setting of acute social stress: a randomized controlled trial.BMC pediatrics · 2015Trial
- Associations of physical activity and sedentary behavior with academic skills--a follow-up study among primary school children.PloS one · 2014Trial
- Physical activity behaviors and screen time in young childhood cancer survivors: the Physical Activity in Childhood Cancer Survivors Study.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2026Article
- Anxiety in breathing: the impact of air pollution on the mental health of adolescents.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Chronic Stress and Cardiovascular Events: Findings From the CARDIA Study.American journal of preventive medicine · 2024Article
- Barriers to and facilitators of active travel from the youth perspective: A qualitative meta-synthesis.SSM - population health · 2023Review
- Validating the Perceived Active School Travel Enablers and Barriers-Parent (PASTEB-P) Questionnaire to Support Intervention Programming and Research.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Association between Active Travel to School and Depressive Symptoms among Early Adolescents.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Relationships between area-level socioeconomic status and urbanization with active transportation, independent mobility, outdoor time, and physical activity among Canadian children.BMC public health · 2019Article
- Acute psychosocial stress and working memory performance: the potential of physical activity to modulate cognitive functions in children.BMC pediatrics · 2019Observational
- Influence of distance, area, and cultural context in active commuting: Continental and insular children.PloS one · 2019Article
- Accelerometer-determined physical activity and the cardiovascular response to mental stress in children.Journal of science and medicine in sport · 2017Article
- Stress, behavior, and biology: risk factors for cardiovascular diseases in youth.Exercise and sport sciences reviews · 2014Review
- A cross-sectional examination of socio-demographic and school-level correlates of children's school travel mode in Ottawa, Canada.BMC public health · 2014Article
- The effects of stress on physical activity and exercise.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2014Review
- Traditional games resulted in post-exercise hypotension and a lower cardiovascular response to the cold pressor test in healthy children.Frontiers in physiology · 2014Article
- A randomized controlled trial on the effects of yoga on stress reactivity in 6th grade students.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2013Article
- Understanding the drive to escort: a cross-sectional analysis examining parental attitudes towards children's school travel and independent mobility.BMC public health · 2012Article
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Abstract
purposeStress-induced cardiovascular reactivity is associated with the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease. This study tested whether a simulated active commute to school dampened cardiovascular reactivity to a cognitive stressor typical to what children might experience during school.
methodsForty children (20 girls and 20 boys) aged 10-14 yr were randomly assigned to simulated sedentary drive-to-school or active-commute (walking) groups. The walking group completed a self-paced 1.6-km walk on a treadmill while images from a real 1.6-km walk through a pleasant neighborhood that finished at a school were projected in front of them. The drive-to-school group sat in a chair and watched the same slideshow of images of the neighborhood environment. Standardized residualized gain scores of cardiovascular reactivity during a cognitive stressor, the Stroop task, were calculated and used as dependent variables.
resultsChildren in the walking group self-selected a walking intensity of 60.6% +/- 1.6% HRmax and covered the 1.6-km distance in 21.5 +/- 0.5 min. Children in the walking group had lower HR (2 +/- 1 vs 11 +/- 1 bpm, P < 0.001), systolic blood pressure (4 +/- 1 vs 12 +/- 1 mm Hg, P < 0.001), pulse pressure (-4 +/- 1 vs 6 +/- 1 mm Hg, P < 0.001), and perceived stress (1.4 +/- 0.1 vs 3.0 +/- 0.1 cm, P < 0.001) reactivities to cognitive stress than the control group.
conclusionsActive commuting to school may dampen cardiovascular reactivity and perceived stress when confronted with stressful cognitive challenges during the school day. This may help reduce the risk for cardiovascular disease later in life.
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