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Aerobic fitness and academic achievement: A systematic review and meta-analysis
- Source :
- Journal of Sports Sciences. 38:582-589
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2020.
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Abstract
- This study aims to quantify the association between aerobic fitness and academic achievement, and determine how different aerobic fitness tests and individual demographic characteristics may modify this association. It includes 41 cross-sectional and 7 longitudinal studies focusing on children and adolescents, from MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Cochrane Database and Web of Science. Pooled effect sizes (ES) were estimated for the association between aerobic fitness and specific domains of academic achievement. Subgroup analyses and meta-regressions were based on aerobic fitness tests and demographic characteristics. The ES for the association between aerobic fitness with language/reading-skills, mathematics-related skills and composite scores, were 0.23 (95% CI: 0.12; 0.34); 0.27 (95% CI: 0.19; 0.36) and 0.28 (95% CI: 0.12; 0.45), respectively. Subgroup analyses by aerobic fitness test modified these associations; additionally, analyses by sex or age showed differences between boys and girls as well as between children and adolescents. Finally, meta-regressions revealed a slight effect of body mass index on these associations. Cardiorespiratory fitness is positively associated with academic achievement. Associations were dependent on demographic and aerobic fitness test characteristics, being stronger in boys than in girls, and in children than in adolescents.
- Subjects :
- Male
Gerontology
Longitudinal study
Adolescent
Cross-sectional study
Physical fitness
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
Academic achievement
Body Mass Index
Sex Factors
Sex factors
Humans
Aerobic exercise
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Longitudinal Studies
Child
Language
Academic Success
business.industry
Age Factors
Cardiorespiratory fitness
Cross-Sectional Studies
Cardiorespiratory Fitness
Reading
Physical Fitness
Meta-analysis
Female
business
Mathematics
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1466447X and 02640414
- Volume :
- 38
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Sports Sciences
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....78ffd258f940dff8bcd6c07b4d67368a