RT journal article
T1 Study protocol and rationale of the “Cogniaction project” a cross-sectional and randomized controlled trial about physical activity, brain health, cognition, and educational achievement in schoolchildren
A1 Solis-Urra, Patricio
A1 Olivares-Arancibia, Jorge
A1 Suarez-Cadenas, Ernesto
A1 Sanchez-Martinez, Javier
A1 Rodriguez-Rodriguez, Fernando
A1 Ortega, Francisco B.
A1 Esteban-Cornejo, Irene
A1 Cadenas-Sanchez, Cristina
A1 Castro Piñero, José
A1 Veloz, Alejandro
A1 Chabert, Steren
A1 Saradangani, Kabir P.
A1 Zavala-Crichton, Juan Pablo
A1 Almonte-Espinoza, Diego
A1 Urzua, Alfonso
A1 Dragicevic, Constantino D.
A1 Astudillo, Alan
A1 Mendez-Gassibe, Eduardo
A1 Riquelme-Uribe, Daniel
A1 Azagra, Marcela Jarpa
A1 Cristi-Montero, Carlos
A2 Didáctica de la Educación FísicaPlástica y Musical
K1 Physical activity
K1 Sedentary lifestyle,
K1 Fitness
K1 Academic performance
K1 Cognition
K1 Magnetic resonance imaging
AB Background: Education and health are crucial topics for public policies as both largely determine the futurewellbeing of the society. Currently, several studies recognize that physical activity (PA) benefits brain healthin children. However, most of these studies have not been carried out in developing countries or lack thetransference into the education field. The Cogni-Action Project is divided into two stages, a cross-sectionalstudy and a crossover-randomized trial. The aim of the first part is to establish the associations of PA,sedentarism, and physical fitness with brain structure and function, cognitive performance and academicachievement in Chilean schoolchildren (10–13 years-old). The aim of the second part is to determinate theacute effects of three PA protocols on neuroelectric indices during a working memory and a reading task.Methods: PA and sedentarism will be self-reported and objectively-assessed with accelerometers in a representativesubsample, whilst physical fitness will be evaluated through the ALPHA fitness test battery. Brain structure and functionwill be assessed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in a randomized subsample. Cognitive performance will beassessed through the NeuroCognitive Performance Test, and academic achievement by school grades. In the second part32 adolescents (12–13 year-old) will be cross-over randomized to these condition (i) “Moderate-Intensity ContinuousTraining” (MICT), (ii) “Cooperative High-Intensity Interval Training” (C-HIIT), and (iii) Sedentary condition. Neuroelectricindices will be measures by electroencephalogram (EEG) and eye-tracking, working memory by n-back task and readingcomprehension by a reading task.
PB BMC
SN 1471-2431
YR 2019
FD 2019-07
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/21689
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/21689
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 13-nov-2026