Impact of a multicomponent physical activity intervention on cognitive performance: The MOVI-KIDS study.
Mairena Sanchez-LopezIván Cavero-RedondoCelia Alvarez-BuenoAbel Ruiz-HermosaDiana Patricia Pozuelo-CarrascosaAna Díez-FernándezDavid Gutierrez-Díaz Del CampoMaría Jesús Pardo-GuijarroVicente Martínez-VizcainoPublished in: Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports (2019)
This study shows that a one-school-year multicomponent intervention consisting of a recreational non-competitive PA program, educational materials for parents and teachers, and school playground modifications improved the cognition of first-grade children. Further, our results suggest that the effect of the intervention on cognition was mediated by changes in motor fitness.