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Study NCT ID: NCT06510920
Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Last Update Posted: None
First Post: 2024-06-27

Brief Title: The Purpose of This Research is to Investigate the Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Executive Function in Obese Children
Sponsor: None
Organization: None

Study Overview

Official Title: Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Executive Function Among Obese Children
Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Status Verified Date: 2024-07
Last Known Status: None
Delayed Posting: No
If Stopped, Why?: Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access: No
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Brief Summary: The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if aerobic exercise improves executive functioning in obese children It will also understand the effects of aerobic exercise on executive functioning in obese children The main questions it aims to answer are

1 What are the levels of executive functioninginhibitory function working memory and cognitive flexibility in normal-weight and obese children aged 8-10 years
2 What are the differences on executive function before and after aerobic exercise intervention among obese children
3 Do factors of health gender and ages influence students executive functioning inhibitory function working memory and cognitive flexibility Researchers will compare the aerobic exercise intervention group with the no-aerobic exercise group in terms of executive function to see if and how much aerobic exercise has an effect on executive function

Participants will

1 The aerobic exercise intervention group was given football and volleyball exercise intervention and the control group was given routine school life for 3 months

2 Record the participants before and after the intervention level of executive function
Detailed Description: The purpose of this researchis to investigate the effects of aerobic exercise on executive function in obese children with a focus on inhibition working memory and cognitive flexibility A confirmatory study was conducted to determine whether obese children have weaker executive function than normal-weight children On the basis of existence further studies are needed to investigate the effects of aerobic exercise on executive function in obese children

General research objectiveThe aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of aerobic exercise on executive function among Obese childrenSpecific research objectives1LevelTo determine the developmental level of executive function inhibitory function working memory and cognitive flexibility in normal weight and obese children aged 8-10 years2EffectsTo investigate the effects of 12-week aerobic exercise intervention on executive functioninhibition working memory and cognitive flexibility in obese children aged 8-10 years3FactorsTo investigate whether health gender and age factors affect students39 executive functioning inhibition working memory and cognitive flexibility

Background 1 Childhood obesity has become one of the most urgent public health problems in the world The obesity rate for children and adolescents aged 6 to 17 years is close to 20 2 Obesity not only increases the prevalence of physical diseases in children but also has a negative impact on the development of cognitive function in this age group 3 A function is a higher level of cognitive function is essential for individuals to directional control behavior It includes inhibiting function working memory and cognitive flexibility Cognitive developmental delays in our country the third highest number of children in the world 4 Physical exercise on the development of cognitive function in obese children with good effect 5 National policy guidance and the attention to Chinese children39s mental health and cognitive ability 6 Childhood is the important period of executive function development 7 The current domestic study of obese children explore more aerobic exercise influence on obese children body composition but the study of obesity children39s executive function is not perfect As a result more experiments are needed to verify these conclusions

Significance 1 Sample selection Obese children are a special group at a critical age Understanding of obese children and characteristics of executive function has important value 2 The theoretical significance the executive function still is a hot issue in the field of psychology in the world Research results can provide a good reference for the obese child39s follow-up study 3 Practical significance through scientific and reasonable means to improve the quality of life in obese children and to improve the executive function reduce the cognitive and behavioral defects The ultimate significance is to determine whether aerobic exercise can affects the obesity children39s executive function prove the effectiveness and scientific nature of aerobic exercise

Preliminary Results or EvidenceThe conceptual framework of this study is in the theoretical framework and formed on the basis of previous research achievements in order to solve the research questions of this study This conceptual framework takes aerobic exercise as the independent variable and executive function as the dependent variable Executive function includes three aspects inhibition function working memory function and cognitive flexibility Based on the theoretical basis of 34Development and Practice of Physical Activity Program to Enhance Children39s Executive Function34 written by Chen Aiguo et al this study investigated the effects of aerobic exercise on executive function of children aged 8 to 10 years old This model was chosen because it was found to be very useful as a conceptual framework for predicting the effects of executive function during aerobic exercise Therefore it is believed that the framework model will provide a good basis for the current research

Research Design amp Methods

Experiment 1The levels of executive functioning among normal-weight and obese childrenExecutive function will be tested in obese children compared with normal-weight children To explore the executive function of children aged 8-10 years with different body mass index BMI The subjects will be divided into obese group and normal weight group and the executive function tasks of obese and normal weight children will be tested Flanker task paradigm N-Back task paradigm and more-odd shifting task paradigm will be used to test the executive function and the differences between working memory inhibitory control function and cognitive flexibility in different groups will be investigated Behavioral tasks will be tested in quiet office conditions and all three tasks will be tested using the computer programTo measure the levels of executive functioninginhibitory function working memory and cognitive flexibility in normal-weight and obese children aged 8-10 years

experiment 2Effects of aerobic exercise on executive function among obese childrenTo investigate the effects of 12-week aerobic exercise intervention on executive function inhibitory function working memory and cognitive flexibilityamong obese children aged 8-10 yearsThe participants will be divided into obese exercise group and obese control group and the behavioral paradigm of executive function will be tested before the intervention to obtain the pre-test data Then the obese exercise group will be given aerobic exercise intervention for 12 weeks and the posttest data will be collected after 12 weeks Executive function will be tested using Flanker N-Back and more-odd shifting task paradigms to examine the relationship between the effects of a 12-week aerobic exercise intervention on working memory inhibitory control and Flexibility of cognition in the exercise group The aerobic exercise intervention will be conducted in designated areas of the school playground and the behavioral task will be tested using the computer program in quiet office conditions

Experimental Equipment Decathlon heart rate height body weight tester equipped with E - Prime computer software Research environment 1 aerobic exercise Primary school playground 2 Executive function test Quiet computer room For the purpose of gathering data in this study this study is delimited on the subject of the public primary schools in Jinan City After review and discussion by expert members of the expert panel this study determined that three computer programs that measure executive functioninhibition working memory and cognitive flexibilityThe Intervention days regarding aerobic exercise The present study was limited to executive function testing in children aged 8-10 years 3rd and 5th grade in Chinese primary schools from selected primary schools where the aerobic exercise intervention was implemented and where multi-functional computer classrooms with measurable executive function were available

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