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Trial reportPloS one2016

Effectiveness of a School-Based Physical Activity Intervention on Cognitive Performance in Danish Adolescents: LCoMotion-Learning, Cognition and Motion - A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.

Jakob Tarp, Sidsel Louise Domazet, Karsten Froberg, Charles H Hillman, Lars Bo Andersen, Anna Bugge

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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In one paragraph

Trial report in PloS one, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02012881 (LCoMotion. Learning, Cognition and Motion. Effect of a Four Month School-based Cluster-randomized Intervention), which is not on this map. Cited by 36 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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36citing papers in PubMed, 10 pooled it
8.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT02012881 nacompletednot on this map

LCoMotion. Learning, Cognition and Motion. Effect of a Four Month School-based Cluster-randomized Intervention

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of Southern DenmarkRan2013 to 2014Enrolled870ConditionsCognitive FunctionArmsPhysical activity intervention, Usual practice
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 85 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Effects of school-based physical activity on mathematics performance in children: a systematic review.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2019
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  15. Effects of a Physical Education Intervention on Academic Performance: A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Jakob TarpDepartment of Sport Science and Clinical Biomechanics, Research Unit for Exercise Epidemiology, Centre of Research in Childhood Health, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9186-7077
Sidsel Louise DomazetDepartment of Sport Science and Clinical Biomechanics, Research Unit for Exercise Epidemiology, Centre of Research in Childhood Health, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark.
Karsten FrobergDepartment of Sport Science and Clinical Biomechanics, Research Unit for Exercise Epidemiology, Centre of Research in Childhood Health, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark.
Charles H HillmanDepartment of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 906 South Goodwin Avenue, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, 61801, United States of America.
Lars Bo AndersenDepartment of Sport Science and Clinical Biomechanics, Research Unit for Exercise Epidemiology, Centre of Research in Childhood Health, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark.
Anna BuggeDepartment of Sport Science and Clinical Biomechanics, Research Unit for Exercise Epidemiology, Centre of Research in Childhood Health, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark.
University of Southern Denmark · DKUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPhysical activity is associated not only with health-related parameters, but also with cognitive and academic performance. However, no large scale school-based physical activity interventions have investigated effects on cognitive performance in adolescents. The aim of this study was to describe the effectiveness of a school-based physical activity intervention in enhancing cognitive performance in 12-14 years old adolescents.

methodsA 20 week cluster randomized controlled trial was conducted including seven intervention and seven control schools. A total of 632 students (mean (SD) age: 12.9 (0.6) years) completed the trial with baseline and follow-up data on primary or secondary outcomes (74% of randomized subjects). The intervention targeted physical activity during academic subjects, recess, school transportation and leisure-time. Cognitive performance was assessed using an executive functions test of inhibition (flanker task) with the primary outcomes being accuracy and reaction time on congruent and incongruent trials. Secondary outcomes included mathematics performance, physical activity levels, body-mass index, waist-circumference and cardiorespiratory fitness.

resultsNo significant difference in change, comparing the intervention group to the control group, was observed on the primary outcomes (p's>0.05) or mathematics skills (p>0.05). An intervention effect was found for cardiorespiratory fitness in girls (21 meters (95% CI: 4.4-38.6) and body-mass index in boys (-0.22 kg/m2 (95% CI: -0.39-0.05). Contrary to our predictions, a significantly larger change in interference control for reaction time was found in favor of the control group (5.0 milliseconds (95% CI: 0-9). Baseline to mid-intervention changes in physical activity levels did not differ significantly between groups (all p's>0.05).

conclusionsNo evidence was found for effectiveness of a 20-week multi-faceted school-based physical activity intervention for enhancing executive functioning or mathematics skills compared to a control group, but low implementation fidelity precludes interpretation of the causal relationship.

trial registrationwww.ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02012881.

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CognitionExerciseLearningSchoolsTask Performance and AnalysisAdolescentCardiorespiratory FitnessChildFemaleHumansMale

Identifiers

PMID27341346
PMCPMC4920412
OpenAlexW2470232059

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