Association between aerobic fitness, visual attention and academic performance in healthy children

Authors

  • Tárcio Amancio do Nascimento Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE)
  • Harrison Vinícius Amaral da Silva Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE)
  • Carlos Alberto Abujabra Merege-Filho Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
  • Vinicius de Oliveira Damasceno Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE)
  • André dos Santos Costa Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5585/conssaude.v17n2.8048

Keywords:

Child, Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Psychomotor Performance.

Abstract

Introduction: Understanding the role of exercise in the cognition of children has become fundamental, because in the school stage the child is in wide development. Objective:  Investigate the association of aerobic fitness with visual attention and school performance in healthy children. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study of 51 children aged 7 to 12 years of both sexes. The aerobic fitness was obtained from the 6-minute PROESP-BR battery test. Visual Attention Testing (TAVIS-4) and School Performance Test (TDE), respectively, were used to measure visual attention and academic performance. Pearson's correlation was used to correlate the values ​​of the variables. Results: It was observed that greater aerobic fitness is not related to better performance in school attendance and performance tests. Conclusion: The findings suggest that insufficient levels of aerobic fitness do not seem to influence the cognition of healthy children.

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Published

2018-06-29

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Nascimento TA do, Silva HVA da, Merege-Filho CAA, Damasceno V de O, Costa A dos S. Association between aerobic fitness, visual attention and academic performance in healthy children. Cons. Saúde [Internet]. 2018 Jun. 29 [cited 2024 Jul. 3];17(2):171-8. Available from: https://periodicos.uninove.br/saude/article/view/8048

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