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Register:	ISRCTN
Last refreshed on:	11 February 2019
Main ID:	ISRCTN95898631
Date of registration:	20/05/2015
Prospective Registration:	No
Primary sponsor:	EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research
Public title:	Acute effects of three types of physical exercise on cognitive performance of children aged 10-13 years
Scientific title:	Acute effects of three types of physical exercise on cognitive performance of children aged 10-13 years: a randomized cross over trial
Date of first enrolment:	01/01/2014
Target sample size:	200
Recruitment status:	Completed
URL:	http://isrctn.com/ISRCTN95898631
Study type:	Interventional
Study design:	Experiment; double baseline, within-between subjects design (within: exercise, control condition, pre- and post-test; between: exercise type) (Other)
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Countries of recruitment
Netherlands

Contacts

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Affiliation:

Name:	Amika Singh
Address:	van der Boechorststraat 7 1081 BT Amsterdam Netherlands
Telephone:	+31 20 4448382
Email:	a.singh@vumc.nl
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All children in 5th and/or 6th grade (10-13 years old) in the selected schools were eligible to participate.
Exclusion criteria: Parents/legal guardians could withdraw their child from the study by signing and returing the objection form. These children were excluded from the study.

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Age maximum:
Gender: Both

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Physical exercise and cognitive performance
Not Applicable

Intervention(s)

Students participated in one of three exercise sessions (12 minutes in duration)
1. Aerobic exercises; well-known, easy and repetitive movements
2. Coordination exercises; more complex movements that stressed coordinative skills
3. Strength exercises; body-weight exercises

In the control condition, students were seated during 12 minutes and listened to an educational lesson about exercise and movement

Primary Outcome(s)

1. Selective attention (d2 Test of Attention)
2. Information processing speed (Letter Digit Substitution Test)

The cognitive tests were administered four times: before the exercise session (pre-test), after the exercise session (post-test), before the control session (pre-test), after the control session (post-test)

Secondary Outcome(s)

Heart rate was measured during the exercise sessions (Polar heart rate monitor) in order to determine the exercise intensity.

Secondary ID(s)

WC2014-020; METc VUmc 2014.363

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

Secondary Sponsor(s)

Ethics review

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Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Human Movement Science, VU University Amsterdam [2014-19] (The Netherlands)

Results

Results available:	Yes
Date Posted:
Date Completed:	01/06/2014
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