Review
Business
Charles Calderwood, Lieke L. ten Brummelhuis, Amanda S. Patel, Trevor Watkins, Allison S. Gabriel, Christopher C. Rosen
Summary: This review provides a cross-disciplinary synthesis of evidence on the implications of physical activity for job performance and proposes a resource-based framework to guide future research in this area.
JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Kristoffer Buene Vabo, Katrine Nyvoll Aadland, Steven James Howard, Eivind Aadland
Summary: The intensity of physical activity in preschool children is weakly associated with numeracy and inhibition abilities.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Angel M. Dzhambov, Peter Lercher, Natalia Vincens, Kerstin Persson Waye, Maria Klatte, Larisa Leist, Thomas Lachmann, Dirk Schreckenberg, Christin Belke, Gordana Ristovska, Katja M. Kanninen, Dick Botteldooren, Timothy Van Renterghem, Sonja Jeram, Jenny Selander, Arzu Arat, Kim White, Jordi Julvez, Charlotte Clark, Maria Foraster, Irene van Kamp
Summary: The EU-funded project Equal-Life conducted a scoping review and conceptual model to explore the potential mediators linking the exposome to mental health and cognition in children/adolescents. The scarcity of empirical evidence in this research area was found, with only a few cross-sectional studies indicating a tentative association between perceived restorative quality and mental health. Physical activity emerged as a mediator leading to better psychological outcomes in restorative environments.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Martha Spanou, Vasiliki Kaioglou, Caterina Pesce, Myrto F. Mavilidi, Fotini Venetsanou
Summary: This study investigates the effects of physical activity on children's executive functions and finds that weight status and motor competence mediate this relationship.
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Qi Zhang, Chun-Chi Ma, Yalong Jiang, Huale Geng
Summary: The existence of pre-existing flaws in rock mass has a significant impact on mechanical properties and fracturing behaviors. A series of uniaxial compression tests on sandstone specimens were conducted to investigate the effects of flaw type, infilling material, and flaw shape. The results show that relatively rigid infilling can improve the mechanical properties of the rock. The cracking process and crack type around the hole-like flaw are influenced by the type and shape of the infilling material, as it changes the stress state around the flaw.
FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Pediatrics
Jeffrey D. Graham, Emily Bremer, Barbara Fenesi, John Cairney
Summary: Research demonstrates that short-term classroom-based physical activity breaks have positive effects on executive functioning and psychological states in children. Additionally, levels of aerobic and musculoskeletal fitness moderate these effects.
FRONTIERS IN PEDIATRICS
(2021)
Review
Behavioral Sciences
Kelsey R. Sewell, Kirk I. Erickson, Stephanie R. Rainey-Smith, Jeremiah J. Peiffer, Hamid R. Sohrabi, Belinda M. Brown
Summary: Physical activity and sleep are important factors influencing cognitive function, and they may be interrelated. The limited existing literature has not thoroughly examined the causal relationships between physical activity, sleep, and cognition.
NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS
(2021)
Review
Neurosciences
Camila Ferreira Vorkapic, Heloisa Alves, Larissa Araujo, Claudio Joaquim Borba-Pinheiro, Renato Coelho, Eugenio Fonseca, Ana Oliveira, Estelio H. M. Dantas
Summary: Exercise or physical activity has positive effects on cognitive functions and academic performance in children and adolescents, particularly in the case of team game variations and coordination activities. Studies suggest that combining high-intensity physical exertion with cognitive engagement and social interactions enhances executive functions.
NEUROPSYCHOBIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Sara A. Galle, Jan Berend Deijen, Maarten V. Milders, Mathieu H. G. De Greef, Erik J. A. Scherder, Cornelia M. van Duijn, Madeleine L. Drent
Summary: This study found that a physical activity intervention aimed at increasing step count in elderly with low physical activity levels can increase physical activity level, but has no significant effect on physical fitness and cognition. However, individuals who increased their physical activity by 35% or more showed significant improvements in aerobic capacity, gait speed, verbal memory, executive functioning, and global cognition.
ALZHEIMERS RESEARCH & THERAPY
(2023)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Kelsey R. R. Sewell, Stephanie R. R. Rainey-Smith, Jeremiah Peiffer, Hamid R. R. Sohrabi, Kevin Taddei, David Ames, Paul Maruff, Colin L. L. Masters, Christopher C. C. Rowe, Ralph N. N. Martins, Kirk I. I. Erickson, Belinda M. M. Brown
Summary: This study examined the association between objectively measured physical activity and cognition in older adults over 8 years. The results showed that higher energy expenditure, physical activity intensity, and total activity were associated with better episodic recall memory and global cognition. These findings suggest that physical activity may preserve cognitive function, with activity intensity playing a significant role.
ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA
(2023)
Article
Pediatrics
Yu-Hsien Tseng, Hsiao-Han Chao, Chiao-Ling Hung
Summary: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of a strategic physical activity program on cognitive flexibility in children with Internet addiction. The results showed significant improvements in accuracy, manual dexterity, and overall motor competence after the 12-week intervention, suggesting that strategic physical activity may be an effective behavioral approach to enhance cognitive function and motor skills in children with Internet addiction.
Article
Sport Sciences
Jingkai Wei, Ruixue Hou, Liyang Xie, Eeshwar K. Chandrasekar, Haidong Lu, Tiansheng Wang, Changwei Li, Hanzhang Xu
Summary: This study aimed to estimate the association of sleep, sedentary activity, and physical activity with cognitive function among older adults. The results suggest that replacing sedentary activities with moderate-to-vigorous physical activity is associated with better cognitive function, and in older adults sleeping no longer than 7 hours per night, replacing excessive sleep with sedentary or physical activities may also benefit cognition. Future research is needed to examine the long-term cognitive outcomes of replacing different activity statuses.
JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND MEDICINE IN SPORT
(2021)
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Andreas Stenling, Daniel Eriksson Sorman, Magnus Lindwall, Liana Machado
Summary: This study aimed to examine the bidirectional within- and between-person relations between physical activity and cognitive function. The results showed that higher levels of physical activity at baseline were associated with less decline in episodic memory recall. Positive occasion-specific within- and between-person relations were observed, with the most consistent being between physical activity and episodic memory recall.
JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES B-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Sina Gerten, Tobias Engeroff, Johannes Fleckenstein, Eszter Fuezeki, Silke Matura, Ulrich Pilatus, Lutz Vogt, Johannes Pantel, Winfried Banzer
Summary: Participating in physical activity, maintaining physical performance, and reducing sedentary behavior are beneficially associated with cognitive function in older adults. This study found that light physical activity had a positive impact on executive function, while attention and working memory were related to physical performance.
FRONTIERS IN AGING NEUROSCIENCE
(2022)
Review
Neurosciences
Mojgan Gitimoghaddam, Leigh M. Vanderloo, Rebecca Hung, Andrea Ryce, William McKellin, Anton Miller, Jean-Paul Collet
Summary: This review paper explored the impact of physical activity interventions on cognitive development among children and youth with neurodevelopmental disorders. The results showed positive effects of physical activity on cognitive outcomes in this population.
Review
Sport Sciences
Lisa M. Barnett, E. Kipling Webster, Ryan M. Hulteen, An De Meester, Nadia C. Valentini, Matthieu Lenoir, Caterina Pesce, Nancy Getchell, Vitor P. Lopes, Leah E. Robinson, Ali Brian, Luis P. Rodrigues
Summary: This systematic review compiled evidence on the role of motor competence in children's physical activity, weight status, perceived motor competence, and health-related fitness. Strong evidence was found for negative association between motor competence and weight status, as well as positive pathway from motor competence to fitness. However, evidence for other pathways varied, including indeterminate and insufficient evidence for some associations. Future research should focus on robust longitudinal studies and experimental designs to further test the proposed conceptual model.
Correction
Sport Sciences
Lisa M. Barnett, E. Kipling Webster, Ryan M. Hulteen, An De Meester, Nadia C. Valentini, Matthieu Lenoir, Caterina Pesce, Nancy Getchell, Vitor P. Lopes, Leah E. Robinson, Ali Brian, Luis P. Rodrigues
Article
Sport Sciences
Sara Pereira, Carla Santos, Go Tani, Duarte Freitas, Fernando Garbeloto, Eduardo Guimaraes, Leah E. Robinson, Adam Baxter-Jones, Peter T. Katzmarzyk, Jose Maia
Summary: Boys and girls reached their peak mid-growth spurt at relatively similar ages, but the timing and sequences of physical fitness spurts aligned with this differed between boys and girls.
JOURNAL OF SPORTS SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Katherine Q. Scott-Andrews, Alison L. Miller, Thomas J. Templin, Rebecca E. Hasson, Leah E. Robinson
Summary: The purpose of this study is to discuss the feasibility and challenges of converting an in-person mixed methods research to an online format during the COVID-19 pandemic. Various methods were used to collect data, including email correspondence, mailed accelerometers, participant-filmed trials, online questionnaires, and Zoom interviews. Challenges that need to be addressed in future research include recruitment, data collection process, and data quality. Wide-reaching and diverse recruitment methods, advanced technology to ease participants' burden, and online assessments for motor competence and perceived competence should be developed.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Kara K. Palmer, Jacquelyn M. Farquhar, Katherine M. Chinn, Leah E. Robinson
Summary: The purpose of this study was to compare the levels of physical activity in children during a gross motor skill intervention and outdoor free play. The results showed that children engaged in less light physical activity during the intervention, but had equal amounts of all other physical activity behaviors compared to their peers in outdoor free play.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HEALTH PROMOTION
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Biological
Tiwaloluwa A. Ajibewa, Claudia Toledo-Corral, Alison L. Miller, Kendrin R. Sonneville, Leah E. Robinson, Joyce Lee, Rebecca E. Hasson
Summary: The study found that psychological stress plays an important role in shaping racial differences in type 2 diabetes risk among non-Hispanic Black and non-Hispanic White adolescents with overweight/obesity. Additional research is needed to understand the long-term effects of psychological stress on metabolic health among these adolescents.
PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Sara Pereira, Flavio Bastos, Carla Santos, Jose Maia, Go Tani, Leah E. Robinson, Peter T. Katzmarzyk
Summary: This study investigated the development of gross motor coordination and its predictors in school-aged Azorean children. The quantile regression approach provided a more comprehensive understanding of the changes in GMC and the influence of predictors in boys and girls with different rates of change.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Leah E. Robinson, Kara K. Palmer, Maria Enid Santiago-Rodriguez, Nicholas D. Myers, Lu Wang, Karin A. Pfeiffer
Summary: This study aims to examine the immediate and sustained effects of the CHAMP-ASP on physical activity, motor competence, perceived motor competence, health-related fitness, and weight status among children. The study will also investigate whether perceived motor competence mediates the effect of the CHAMP-ASP on moderate-to-vigorous physical activity. Data will be collected pre-, immediately post-, and one-year post-intervention. The findings of this study have the potential to inform public health and educational policies and interventions that support healthy development and active living during the early years.
Article
Education & Educational Research
Tiwaloluwa A. Ajibewa, Kendrin R. Sonneville, Alison L. Miller, Claudia M. Toledo-Corral, Leah E. Robinson, Rebecca E. Hasson
Summary: This study examined the association between prior weight stigma experiences, physical activity intentions, behaviors, and the acute effects of weight stigma exposure on physical activity intentions and behaviors among undergraduate students. The results showed that prior weight stigma experiences were positively associated with physical activity avoidance. However, there was no association between weight stigma experiences and positive physical activity intentions or behaviors. Additionally, the acute effects of weight stigma exposure did not significantly impact physical activity intentions, avoidance, or behaviors.
JOURNAL OF AMERICAN COLLEGE HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Sport Sciences
Alison L. L. Miller, Kara K. K. Palmer, Lu Wang, Chang Wang, Hurley O. O. Riley, Megan M. M. McClelland, Leah E. E. Robinson
Summary: Motor competence and self-regulation develop rapidly in early childhood; emerging work suggests motor competence interventions as a promising way to promote self-regulation in young children. We tested the impact of a mastery-focused motor competence intervention (Children's Health Activity Motor Program [CHAMP]) on behavioral and cognitive aspects of self-regulation among children attending Head Start. The results showed that the intervention had a positive effect on behavioral self-regulation, but no effects on cognitive aspects of self-regulation were found.
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Kara K. K. Palmer, Emily R. R. Cox, Katherine Q. Q. Scott-Andrews, Leah E. E. Robinson
Summary: This exploratory study aimed to quantify children's engagement behaviors during a mastery-motivational climate intervention. The results showed that children were engaged 36% of the motor skills practice time, and differences in engagement were observed based on sex and initial skill level.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Leah E. Robinson, Kara K. Palmer, Lu Wang, Katherine Q. Scott-Andrews, Katherine M. Chinn, Indica Sur, Carissa Wengrovius, Emily Meng, Sanne L. C. Veldman, Alison L. Miller
Summary: This study aims to explore the relationship between children's self-regulation ability and health behaviors through a randomized control trial. The study will assess self-regulation using measures of cognitive, behavioral, and emotional aspects, and health behaviors using measures of motor skills, physical activity, and perceived competence. Health outcomes will be assessed using waist circumference and body mass index. The findings of this study have potential implications for public health and educational policies and interventions.
Article
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Leesi George-Komi, Kara K. Palmer, Stephanie A. Palmer, Michael A. Nunu, Leah E. Robinson
Summary: This study analyzed the impact of a motor-skill intervention on children's perceived motor competence (PMC) and explored potential differences between boys and girls. Preschoolers were assigned either to a motor-skill intervention (the Children's Health Activity Motor Program [CHAMP]) or to recess. PMC was measured using the Digital Scale of PMC before and after each condition. Controlling for initial scores, girls in the recess group showed lower posttest scores for object control PMC compared to CHAMP boys, CHAMP girls, and recess boys. CHAMP children had significantly higher locomotor and total PMC scores compared to recess participants. The CHAMP intervention helped reduce sex differences in PMC, particularly for object-control skills. Girls in the recess group did not experience the same increase in PMC as children in the CHAMP intervention and boys in outdoor recess.
JOURNAL OF SPORT & EXERCISE PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Kara K. Palmer, Adam Pennell, Bryan Terlizzi, Michael A. Nunu, David F. Stodden, Leah E. Robinson
Summary: This study examined the associations among different performance metrics derived from different strategies and trials from product-oriented measures of motor skills, and explored how these metrics changed in young children with typical development. The results showed that there was excellent reliability among all performance metrics for each skill. Furthermore, children's motor performance improved in certain metrics for throwing, jumping, and hopping skills.
JOURNAL OF MOTOR LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
Article
Pediatrics
Katherine Q. Scott-Andrews, Annalise Lane, Sarah Rock, Leah E. Robinson
Summary: This study surveyed parents' beliefs about physical activity, finding that most parents are interested in a SMPA program tailored for families. There was a monotonic relationship between parents' perceptions of their children's physical activity levels, knowledge about physical activity and motor skills, and support of physical activity and motor skills.
JMIR PEDIATRICS AND PARENTING
(2022)
