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Effects of Acute Aerobic Exercise on Executive Function in Children With and Without Learning Disability: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
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Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly . Oct2020, Vol. 37 Issue 4, p404-422. 19p. 2 Charts, 2 Graphs. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- This study examined the effects of acute aerobic exercise on sustained attention and discriminatory ability of children with and without learning disabilities (LD). Fifty-one children with LD and 49 typically developing children were randomly assigned to exercise or control groups. The participants in the exercise groups performed a 30-min session of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise, whereas the control groups watched a running/exercise-related video. Neuropsychological tasks, the Daueraufmerksamkeit sustained attention test, and the determination tests were assessed before and after each treatment. Exercise significantly benefited performance in sustained attention and discriminatory ability, particularly in higher accuracy rate and shorter reaction time. In addition, the LD exercise group demonstrated greater improvement than the typically developing exercise group. The findings suggest that the acute aerobic exercise influenced the sustained attention and the discriminatory function in children with LD by enhancing regulation of mental states and allocation of attentional resources. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *TREATMENT of learning disabilities
*ACADEMIC achievement
*AEROBIC exercises
*ANALYSIS of variance
*ATTENTION
*COGNITIVE testing
*EXERCISE physiology
*NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL tests
*PSYCHOLOGICAL tests
*RESEARCH funding
*RUNNING
*STATISTICAL sampling
*SCHOOL children
*T-test (Statistics)
*VIDEO recording
*RANDOMIZED controlled trials
*PRE-tests & post-tests
*EXERCISE intensity
*EXECUTIVE function
*DATA analysis software
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*CHILDREN
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 07365829
- Volume :
- 37
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 146511709
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1123/apaq.2019-0108