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ArticleInternational journal of sport and exercise psychology2019

More than one road leads to Rome: A narrative review and meta-analysis of physical activity intervention effects on cognition in youth.

Spyridoula Vazou, Caterina Pesce, Kimberley Lakes, Ann Smiley-Oyen

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Article in International journal of sport and exercise psychology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 117 papers, 18 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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117citing papers in PubMed, 18 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

117 citing papers in PubMed, 18 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 251 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Spyridoula VazouDepartment of Kinesiology, Iowa State University, 237 Forker Building, Ames, IA 50011, , , svazou@iastate.edu.
Caterina PesceDepartment of Health Sciences, Italian University Sport and Movement, Piazza Lauro De Bosis, 15, I - 00135 Rome, Telephone number: 0039 06 36733366, Fax number: 0039 06 36733362, caterina.pesce@uniroma4.it.
Kimberley LakesPediatric Exercise and Genomics Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine 101 Academy, Suite 150, Irvine, CA 92617, Direct Line: (949) 824-3009, klakes@uci.edu.
Ann Smiley-OyenDepartment of Kinesiology, Iowa State University, 239 Forker Building, Ames, IA 50011, Phone number: 515 294 8261, asmiley@iastate.edu.
Iowa State University · USUniversity of California, Irvine · US

Funding

Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells, Exercise, and Children: Initial MechanismsP01HD048721 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI COOPER, DAN M, RADOM-AIZIK, SHLOMIT · 2006 to 2016
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NICHD NIH HHS P01 HD048721
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A growing body of research indicates that physical activity (PA) positively impacts cognitive function in youth. However, not all forms of PA benefit cognition equally. The purpose of this review was to determine the effect of different types of chronic PA interventions on cognition in children and adolescents. A systematic search of electronic databases and examination of the reference lists of relevant studies resulted in the identification of 28 studies. Seven categories of PA were identified, based on all possible combinations of three types of PA (aerobic, motor skill, cognitively engaging), and four comparison groups (no treatment, academic, traditional physical education, aerobic). Effect sizes were calculated based on means and SDs at the post-test using Hedge's g formula, which includes a correction for small sample bias. Each study was only entered once in each intervention-comparator category. Full data were provided from 21 studies (28 effect sizes; n=2042 intervention; n=2002 comparison group). Overall, chronic PA interventions had a significant small-to-moderate effect on cognition (0.46). Moderate significant positive effects were identified when PA interventions were compared to no treatment (0.86) or academic content (0.57). A non-significant effect was noted when PA interventions were compared to traditional physical education (0.09) or aerobic group (0.80). However, high heterogeneity in pooled effect sizes suggests that important differences in the qualitative characteristics of the PA intervention and comparison interventions may exist. Effect sizes based on comparisons between different types of PA interventions and comparison groups are discussed in order to identify possible directions for future investigations. We conclude that chronic PA interventions have a positive impact on cognitive function in youth, but more systematic research is needed in this area.

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aerobicchildrencognitive engagementexecutive functionexercisemotor skills

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PMCPMC6615761
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