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ArticleFrontiers in human neuroscience2015

Impacts of coordinative training on normal weight and overweight/obese children's attentional performance.

Maria Chiara Gallotta, Gian Pietro Emerenziani, Sara Iazzoni, Marco Meucci, Carlo Baldari, Laura Guidetti

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Article in Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 11 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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6 authors.

Maria Chiara GallottaDepartment of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome "Foro Italico" Rome, Italy.
Gian Pietro EmerenzianiDepartment of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome "Foro Italico" Rome, Italy.
Sara IazzoniDepartment of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome "Foro Italico" Rome, Italy.
Marco MeucciDepartment of Health and Exercise Science, Appalachian State University Boone, NC, USA.
Carlo BaldariDepartment of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome "Foro Italico" Rome, Italy.
Laura GuidettiDepartment of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome "Foro Italico" Rome, Italy.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study investigated the efficacy of a physical activity (PA) program to improve the attention span in normal weight vs. overweight/obese children. The study was designed as a cluster-randomized controlled intervention. One hundred fifty-seven normal weight and overweight/obese primary school children were randomly divided in three cohorts: Traditional PA, Coordinative PA and a Control group (not attending any PA). Before and after 5 months of intervention, children were administered the d2-R test of attention. Results showed that participants' attentional performances were significantly affected by Time (pre vs. post; P < 0.01) and by Time × Group interaction (traditional vs. coordinative vs. control; P < 0.001), revealing significant different effects of intervention/exercise modality on children's attentional performance, independently of their weight status. These data suggest that a 5-month school-based PA intervention can improve the cognitive performance in children. Further, the Coordinative PA intervention resulted in the most significant improvement in children's attention.

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attentionconcentrationphysical exerciseschool contextweight status

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PMID26578925
PMCPMC4623610

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