Amika S. Singh|Emi Saliasi|Vera van den Berg|Léonie Uijtdewilligen|Renate H. M. de Groot|Jelle Jolles|Lars Bo Andersen|Richard Bailey|Yu Kai Chang|Adele Diamond|Ingegerd Ericsson|Jennifer L. Etnier|Alicia L. Fedewa|Charles H. Hillman|Terry McMorris|Caterina Pesce|Uwe Pühse|Phillip D. Tomporowski|Mai J. M. Chinapaw
Effects of physical activity interventions on cognitive and academic performance in children and adolescents: a novel combination of a systematic review and recommendations from an expert panel
National University Health System|National University of Singapore|Open University in the Netherlands|Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam|Western Norway University of Applied Sciences|Vestlandsforsking|National Taiwan Normal University|University of British Columbia|Malmö University|University of North Carolina at Greensboro|University of Kentucky|Northeastern University|University of Chichester|Foro Italico University of Rome|University of Basel|University of Georgia
objective summarise current evidence effects physical activity pa interventions cognitive academic performance children formulate research priorities recommendations design systematic review following prisma guidelines methodological quality assessment international expert panel based evaluation consistency scientific evidence findings reported studies rated high methodological quality data sources pubmed psycinfo cochrane central web science eric sportdiscus eligibility criteria selecting studies paintervention studies children least one cognitive academic performance assessment results eleven 19 58 included intervention studies received highquality rating methodological quality four assessed effects pa interventions cognitive performance six assessed effects academic performance one highquality studies contrasted effects additionaladapted pa activities regular curriculum activities cognitive performance 10 21 48 constructs analysed showed statistically significant beneficial intervention effects pa academic performance 15 25 60 analyses found significant beneficial effect pa across five studies assessing pa effects mathematics beneficial effects reported six seven 86 outcomes experts put forward 46 research questions pressing research priority cluster concerned causality relationship pa cognitiveacademic performance remaining clusters pertained pa characteristics moderators mechanisms governing paperformance relationship miscellaneous topics conclusion currently inconclusive evidence beneficial effects pa interventions cognitive overall academic performance children conclude strong evidence beneficial effects pa maths performance expert panel confirmed highquality research warranted prioritising important research questions formulating recommendations aim guide researchers generating highquality evidence recommendations focus adequate control groups sample size use valid reliable measurement instruments physical activity cognitive performance measurement compliance data analysis prospero registration number crd42017082505