ArticleEnvironmental health and preventive medicine2016
Association between academic achievement and physical status including physical activity, aerobic and muscular fitness tests in adolescent boys.
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- Active Commute in Relation to Cognition and Academic Achievement in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Future Recommendations.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Pooled it
- Behavioral Correlates of Muscular Fitness in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2019Pooled it
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- Sex-specific associations of muscular fitness with overall academic performance and specific school subjects in adolescents: the EHDLA study.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Association between physical activity, sedentary time, and physical fitness of female college students in China.BMC women's health · 2022Article
- Cardiorespiratory and muscular fitness associations with older adolescent cognitive control.Journal of sport and health science · 2021Article
- Association of Physical Fitness with Intelligence and Academic Achievement in Adolescents.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Differential Th Cell-Related Immune Responses in Young Physically Active Men after an Endurance Effort.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Article
- Is obesity associated with impaired reaction time in youth?Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2020Article
- The Influence of a Health-Related Fitness Training Program on Motor Performance as Well as Hematological and Biochemical Parameters.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- The Longitudinal Associations of Fitness and Motor Skills with Academic Achievement.Medicine and science in sports and exercise · 2019Article
- Self-perception of physical activity and fitness is related to lower psychosomatic health symptoms in adolescents with unhealthy lifestyles.BMC public health · 2019Article
- The subject-dependent, cumulative, and recency association of aerobic fitness with academic performance in Taiwanese junior high school students.BMC pediatrics · 2019Article
- Central or overall obesity: which one is a better predictor of depressive symptoms in children, adolescents, and youths?Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2018Article
- Simple reaction time and obesity in children: whether there is a relationship?Environmental health and preventive medicine · 2017Article
- Disentangling the relationship between children's motor ability, executive function and academic achievement.PloS one · 2017Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe study aimed to explore the association between academic achievement and physical status including physical activity, aerobic and muscular fitness tests in a sample of adolescents.
methodsFive hundred and eighty 15-17 years old adolescent boys underwent standard anthropometry and various physical fitness tests (e.g., one-mile run/walk, grip strength, run speed, agility, push-ups and sit and reach tests). PA was obtained by questionnaire. Academic achievement of the boys was extracted from the cumulative grade point averages (CGPA) from school records. Possible covariates/confounders such as adiposity, pubertal maturation status and socioeconomic status were obtained.
resultsAfter controlling for potential confounders PA was not significantly correlated to CGPA (P > 0.05). Among the physical fitness tests, just time in one-mile run/walk test added significant effect on prediction of CGPA (P < 0.01). None of the other fitness tests were significantly correlated to CGPA (P > 0.05).
conclusionsAerobic fitness (but not PA and muscular fitness) was significantly correlated to better academic achievement in the adolescent boys.
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