RT journal article
T1 Association between cardiorrespiratory fitness and cognitive control: is somatic maturity an important mediator?
A1 Reis Weber, Vinícius Muller
A1 da Costa, Julio Cesar
A1 Volpato, Leonardo Alex
A1 Romanzini, Marcelo
A1 Castro Piñero, José
A1 Vaz Ronque, Enio Ricardo
A2 Didáctica de la Educación FísicaPlástica y Musical
K1 Cognition
K1 Development
K1 Executive Function
K1 Working Memory
K1 Physical fitness
K1 Maturity
AB Background: Recently some articles presented information related to the possible effect of maturity over the cognitive control and cardiorespiratory fitness, however little is known about the real effects of maturity in the relation of these variables. In this sense, the purpose of this study was to examine the potential mediating role of somatic maturity on the association between cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and cognitive control. Methods: This three-year longitudinal research comprises two data collection groups: a baseline conducted in 2016 with 394 adolescents (aged 11.7 +/- 0.6 years) and a follow-up in 2019 with 134 adolescents (aged 14.9 +/- 0.7 years). Anthropometry data, 20-m shuttle run test and peak height velocity (PHV) to determine the maximum oxygen uptake (VO2max) and somatic maturity, respectively, were collected at both sampling times. In parallel, the Sociodemographic and cognitive control function variables were included in the follow-up to evaluate the inhibitory control (by the Stroop test) and the visuo-spatial working memory (by the Corsi block-tapping test). Associations between CRF and cognitive functions were computed by multiple linear regression, with mediation as a function of PHV. Results: CRF exhibited transversal associations with reaction time in congruent (beta = -0.004; p = 0.001) and incongruent (beta = -0.005; p = 0.004) stimulus-responses. Meanwhile, the variation in VO2max over the three year-study had a significant impact on the reaction time of congruent (beta = -0.006; p = 0.001) and incongruent (beta = -0.006; p = 0.012) responses at follow-up. However, PHV did not show a significant association with the cognitive functions, indicating no mediating role. Conclusions: Although the associations between CRF and the cognitive functions exhibited great transversal and longitudinal impacts, somatic maturity did not affect the cognitive control functions, associating exclusively with CRF.
PB BMC
SN 1471-2431
YR 2022
FD 2022-12
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/28741
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/28741
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 10-nov-2026