Trial reportNeural plasticity2018
Aerobic Exercise Intervention Alters Executive Function and White Matter Integrity in Deaf Children: A Randomized Controlled Study.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The impact of physical activity on inhibitory control of adult ADHD: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of global health · 2025Pooled it
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- Effects of open and closed skill exercise interventions on executive function in typical children: a meta-analysis.BMC psychology · 2023Pooled it
- The effects of physical activity on brain structure and neurophysiological functioning in children: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Developmental cognitive neuroscience · 2020Pooled it
- Effects of aerobic versus cognitively demanding exercise interventions on brain structure and function in healthy children-Results from a cluster randomized controlled trial.Psychophysiology · 2022Trial
- Effects of an Exercise Program on Brain Health Outcomes for Children With Overweight or Obesity: The ActiveBrains Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2022Trial
- The relationship between white matter microstructure, cardiovascular fitness, gross motor skills, and neurocognitive functioning in children.Journal of neuroscience research · 2021Trial
- Altered right inferior frontal gyrus-based functional connectivity associated with inhibition through swimming exercise in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- Effects of aerobic exercise on executive function in children and adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Comparative effectiveness of exercise and art therapy programs in treating internet gaming disorder among adolescents: an 8-day intensive intervention study.Experimental brain research · 2025Article
- Opening the window to the children's mind: the superior efficacy of open-ended physical games in the development of attention and socio-emotional skills.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Relationship between physical fitness and executive function in preschool children: a cross-sectional study.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2024Article
- Effects of aerobic exercise on children's executive function and academic performance: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Heliyon · 2024Article
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- Effect of 11 Weeks of Physical Exercise on Physical Fitness and Executive Functions in Children.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Effect of Physical Exercise in Real-World Settings on Executive Function of Typical Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review.Brain sciences · 2022Review
- Brain Mapping the Effects of Chronic Aerobic Exercise in the Rat Brain Using FDG PET.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Article
- Motor skills and cognitive benefits in children and adolescents: Relationship, mechanism and perspectives.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Review
- Effects of exercise types on white matter microstructure in late midlife adults: Preliminary results from a diffusion tensor imaging study.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2022Article
- Association Between Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption and Executive Function Among Chinese Tibetan Adolescents at High Altitude.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
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Abstract
This study examined the effects of an 11-week aerobic exercise intervention on executive function (EF) and white matter integrity (WMI). In total, 28 deaf children (aged 9-13 years) were randomly assigned to either an 11-week exercise intervention or the control group. All the children had behavioral assessment and diffusion tensor imaging prior to and following the exercise intervention. The behavioral performance results demonstrated that EF was enhanced by exercise. Relative to the control group, WMI of the exercise intervention group showed (1) lower fractional anisotropy (FA) in the pontine crossing tract (PCT) and right cingulum (hippocampus) (CH), genu of the corpus callosum (gCC), right inferior cerebellar peduncle (ICP), left superior corona radiata (SCR), and left superior frontooccipital fasciculus (SFOF); (2) higher mean diffusivity (MD) in the gCC, right CH, right inferior frontooccipital fasciculus (IFOF), and left anterior limb of the internal capsule (ALIC); and (3) lower MD in the left ICP and left tapetum (TAP). Furthermore, the lower FA in gCC showed a significant negative correlation with improvement in behavioral performance, but the correlation was not significant after FDR correction. These results suggest that exercise can effectively improve deaf children's EF and reshape the WMI in deaf children. The improved EF by exercise is not related to a reshaping of WMI, but more studies on the relationship between EF and WMI by exercise may be needed.
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