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Aerobic fitness mediates the intervention effects of a school-based physical activity intervention on academic performance. The school in Motion study – A cluster randomized controlled trial
Little information exists on the mechanism of how physical activity interventions effects academic performance. We examined whether the effects of a school-based physical activity intervention on academic performance were mediated by aerobic fitness. The School in Motion study was a nine-month clust...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8684017/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34976697 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2021.101648 |
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author | Solberg, Runar Barstad Steene-Johannessen, Jostein Wang Fagerland, Morten Anderssen, Sigmund A. Berntsen, Sveinung Resaland, Geir K. van Sluijs, Esther M.F. Ekelund, Ulf Kolle, Elin |
author_facet | Solberg, Runar Barstad Steene-Johannessen, Jostein Wang Fagerland, Morten Anderssen, Sigmund A. Berntsen, Sveinung Resaland, Geir K. van Sluijs, Esther M.F. Ekelund, Ulf Kolle, Elin |
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description | Little information exists on the mechanism of how physical activity interventions effects academic performance. We examined whether the effects of a school-based physical activity intervention on academic performance were mediated by aerobic fitness. The School in Motion study was a nine-month cluster randomized controlled trial between September 2017 and June 2018. Students from 30 Norwegian lower secondary schools (N = 2,084, mean age [SD] = 14 [0.3] years) were randomly assigned into three groups: the Physically Active Learning (PAL) intervention (n = 10), the Don’t Worry—Be Happy (DWBH) intervention (n = 10), or control (n = 10). Aerobic fitness was assessed by the Andersen test and academic performance by national tests in reading and numeracy. Mediation was assessed according to the causal steps approach using linear mixed models. In the PAL intervention, aerobic fitness partially mediated the intervention effect on numeracy by 28% from a total effect of 1.73 points (95% CI: 1.13 to 2.33) to a natural direct effect of 1.24 points (95% CI: 0.58 to 1.91), and fully mediated the intervention effect on reading, with the total effect of 0.89 points (95% CI: 0.15 to 1.62) reduced to the natural direct effect of 0.40 points (95% CI: −0.48 to 1.28). Aerobic fitness did not mediate the effects on academic performance in the DWBH intervention. As aerobic fitness mediated the intervention effect on academic performance in one intervention, physical activity of an intensity that increases aerobic fitness is one strategy to improve academic performance among adolescents. |
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spelling | pubmed-86840172021-12-30 Aerobic fitness mediates the intervention effects of a school-based physical activity intervention on academic performance. The school in Motion study – A cluster randomized controlled trial Solberg, Runar Barstad Steene-Johannessen, Jostein Wang Fagerland, Morten Anderssen, Sigmund A. Berntsen, Sveinung Resaland, Geir K. van Sluijs, Esther M.F. Ekelund, Ulf Kolle, Elin Prev Med Rep Regular Article Little information exists on the mechanism of how physical activity interventions effects academic performance. We examined whether the effects of a school-based physical activity intervention on academic performance were mediated by aerobic fitness. The School in Motion study was a nine-month cluster randomized controlled trial between September 2017 and June 2018. Students from 30 Norwegian lower secondary schools (N = 2,084, mean age [SD] = 14 [0.3] years) were randomly assigned into three groups: the Physically Active Learning (PAL) intervention (n = 10), the Don’t Worry—Be Happy (DWBH) intervention (n = 10), or control (n = 10). Aerobic fitness was assessed by the Andersen test and academic performance by national tests in reading and numeracy. Mediation was assessed according to the causal steps approach using linear mixed models. In the PAL intervention, aerobic fitness partially mediated the intervention effect on numeracy by 28% from a total effect of 1.73 points (95% CI: 1.13 to 2.33) to a natural direct effect of 1.24 points (95% CI: 0.58 to 1.91), and fully mediated the intervention effect on reading, with the total effect of 0.89 points (95% CI: 0.15 to 1.62) reduced to the natural direct effect of 0.40 points (95% CI: −0.48 to 1.28). Aerobic fitness did not mediate the effects on academic performance in the DWBH intervention. As aerobic fitness mediated the intervention effect on academic performance in one intervention, physical activity of an intensity that increases aerobic fitness is one strategy to improve academic performance among adolescents. 2021-11-24 /pmc/articles/PMC8684017/ /pubmed/34976697 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2021.101648 Text en © 2021 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Regular Article Solberg, Runar Barstad Steene-Johannessen, Jostein Wang Fagerland, Morten Anderssen, Sigmund A. Berntsen, Sveinung Resaland, Geir K. van Sluijs, Esther M.F. Ekelund, Ulf Kolle, Elin Aerobic fitness mediates the intervention effects of a school-based physical activity intervention on academic performance. The school in Motion study – A cluster randomized controlled trial |
title | Aerobic fitness mediates the intervention effects of a school-based physical activity intervention on academic performance. The school in Motion study – A cluster randomized controlled trial |
title_full | Aerobic fitness mediates the intervention effects of a school-based physical activity intervention on academic performance. The school in Motion study – A cluster randomized controlled trial |
title_fullStr | Aerobic fitness mediates the intervention effects of a school-based physical activity intervention on academic performance. The school in Motion study – A cluster randomized controlled trial |
title_full_unstemmed | Aerobic fitness mediates the intervention effects of a school-based physical activity intervention on academic performance. The school in Motion study – A cluster randomized controlled trial |
title_short | Aerobic fitness mediates the intervention effects of a school-based physical activity intervention on academic performance. The school in Motion study – A cluster randomized controlled trial |
title_sort | aerobic fitness mediates the intervention effects of a school-based physical activity intervention on academic performance. the school in motion study – a cluster randomized controlled trial |
topic | Regular Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8684017/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34976697 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2021.101648 |
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