SynthesisFrontiers in human neuroscience2024
The frontal association area: exercise-induced brain plasticity in children and adolescents and implications for cognitive intervention practice.
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- The impact of physical activity on children's attention and math performance: A meta-analysis.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of exercise interventions on executive function in autism spectrum disorder: a three-level meta-analytic review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- Exercise prescription to improve inhibitory control in children and adolescents with ADHD: a network meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
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- Physical Activity and Its Effects on Executive Functions and Brain Outcomes in Children: A Narrative Review.Brain sciences · 2025Review
- The effect of physical activity on resilience of Chinese children: the chain mediating effect of executive function and emotional regulation.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- Longitudinal Reciprocal Effects of Physical Exercise, Executive Function, and Subjective Well-Being: A Three-Wave Random-Intercept Cross-Lagged Panel Model in Chinese Minority College Students.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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Abstract
Objective: Explore the plasticity of the frontal associative areas in children and adolescents induced by exercise and potential moderating variables. Methods: Computer searches of CNKI, WOS, PubMed and EBSCO databases were conducted, and statistical analyses were performed based on SPSS 25.0, Stata 12.0 and Ginger ALE 2.3 software after literature screening, data extraction and quality assessment were performed independently by two researchers. Results: A total of 13 articles, including 425 participants aged 8.9∼16.8 years, were included. Frequency analysis revealed that exercise induced enhanced activation in frontal, parietal, occipital, limbic system and cerebellum ( Conclusion: Exercise-induced activation increase in the frontal associative areas of children and adolescents is dominant, especially longer periods of moderate-intensity variable exercise can induce more brain region activation. However, some of the included studies are cross-sectional, and the accuracy of the results still requires further verification. Systematic review registration: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/, identifier PROSPERO, CRD42022348781.
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