Effects of Brain Breaks on Educational Achievement in Laboratory Settings: The Break4Brain Project

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

60 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-02-27

Study Completion Date

2025-09-30

Brief Summary

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Advancement in teaching methods, together with the frenetic change in the lifestyles of the school population, provides a unique opportunity to advance scientific knowledge. The current project, called "The Break4Brain Project", aims to examine the acute (transient) effects of physical activity on brain function, cognition, and academic performance in children with and without Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Specifically, a total of 60 children between 10 and 12 years old will be included with (n=30) and without (n=30) ADHD. The study will use an intra-subject design of isolated conditions with four measurement moments where the children will perform three different experimental conditions lasting 10 minutes, which will be randomized in a counterbalanced manner. These experimental conditions will be based on physical activity engaging cognitively, physical activity without engaging cognitively, and cognitively engaging control condition. This project could have a significant impact in the educational field, since, if brain function, cognition, and academic performance prove to be favorably stimulated, acutely, by physical activity through active breaks, these could be prescribed as an effective teaching strategy for children with and without ADHD in the school setting.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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ADHD

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

The design of the study is a within-participants crossover pretest-posttest comparison design under laboratory settings will be used. In this design, all participants will engage in all experimental conditions (on separate days), with the order of the experimental conditions being counterbalanced across participants and outcomes assessed following each experimental condition.

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Physical activity with engaging cognitively

This experimental condition involves engaging in physical activity interspersed with rest periods based on cognitive tasks.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Physical activity with engaging cognitively

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

This experimental condition will follow the following structure: involving 10 consecutive, 30 second-blocks of physical activity. This experimental condition will focus on aerobic metabolism. The total exercise time commitment is 10 minutes (30 seconds of working - 30 seconds of executing an engaging cognitive task, 1:1 work-to-rest ratio), plus 5 minutes of warm-ups and 5 minutes of cool-down activities. The cognitive task consists of solving various "tangrams".

Physical activity without engaging cognitively

This experimental condition involves engaging in physical activity interspersed with rest periods (without cognitive tasks).

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Physical activity without engaging cognitively

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

This experimental condition will replicate the structure of the preceding one. Participants will engage in physical activity, guided by video observation and imitation. However, during the rest periods, they will refrain from engaging in cognitive tasks

Cognitively engaging control conditions

In this condition, participants will be suggested to watch a video while seating/resting for 10 minutes.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Physical activity with engaging cognitively

This experimental condition will follow the following structure: involving 10 consecutive, 30 second-blocks of physical activity. This experimental condition will focus on aerobic metabolism. The total exercise time commitment is 10 minutes (30 seconds of working - 30 seconds of executing an engaging cognitive task, 1:1 work-to-rest ratio), plus 5 minutes of warm-ups and 5 minutes of cool-down activities. The cognitive task consists of solving various "tangrams".

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Physical activity without engaging cognitively

This experimental condition will replicate the structure of the preceding one. Participants will engage in physical activity, guided by video observation and imitation. However, during the rest periods, they will refrain from engaging in cognitive tasks

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Children aged 10-12 years diagnosed with ADHD by a recognized diagnostic procedure.
* Children aged 10-12 years without any neurodevelopmental impairment.