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ArticleBrain sciences2021

Using Brain-Breaks

Govindasamy Balasekaran, Ahmad Arif Bin Ibrahim, Ng Yew Cheo, Phua Kia Wang, Garry Kuan, Biljana Popeska, Ming-Kai Chin, Magdalena Mo Ching Mok, Christopher R Edginton, Ian Culpan and 1 more

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Article in Brain sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Govindasamy BalasekaranPhysical Education & Sports Science, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637616, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0001-6101-2695
Ahmad Arif Bin IbrahimPhysical Education & Sports Science, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637616, Singapore.
Ng Yew CheoSports & Physical Education, Singapore University of Social Sciences, Singapore 599494, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0002-4240-7541
Phua Kia WangMinistry of Education, Singapore 138675, Singapore.
Garry KuanExercise and Sports Science Programme, School of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian 16150, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0003-1103-3871
Biljana PopeskaFaculty of Educational Sciences, Goce Delcev University, 2000 Stip, North Macedonia.ORCID 0000-0002-3063-8449
Ming-Kai ChinThe Foundation for Global Community Health, 1550 W Horizon Ridge Pkwy Ste R #206, Henderson, NV 89012, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4853-2116
Magdalena Mo Ching MokGraduate Institute of Educational Information and Measurement, National Taichung University of Education, 140 Minsheng Road, West District, Taichung City 40306, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-6503-8152
Christopher R EdgintonDepartment of Health, Recreation and Community Services, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA 50614, USA.
Ian CulpanSchool of Health Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand.
J Larry DurstineDepartment of Exercise Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of classroom-based Brain Breaks

Indexed as

attitudesBrain Breaks®online platformphysical activityvideo exercises

Identifiers

PMID34198480
PMCPMC8231887

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