The Purpose of This Research is to Investigate the Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Executive Function in Obese Children

NCT06510920 | Not Yet Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: - JKEUPM-2024-232
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 62
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

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. 1.What are the levels of executive functioning(inhibitory function, working memory, and cognitive flexibility) in normal-weight and obese children aged 8-10 years?
2. 2.What are the differences on executive function before and after aerobic exercise intervention among obese children?
3. 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.

Conditions

Executive Function Disorder; Obesity, Childhood

Keywords

Executive function; Obese Children; Aerobic Exercise; Mental health

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (4)

• Pre-test: executive function in normal weight children

  Three computer programs will be used to measure executive function:1.Flanker task paradigm to measure inhibition. This test computer recorded reaction durations in milliseconds, and the test score will be calculated as the average reaction durations of the conflict and non-conflict scenarios minus.2.N-Back task paradigm to measure working memory. This test computer records the reaction time in milliseconds, and the test score is the average reaction time.3.More-odd shifting task paradigm to measure cognitive flexibility. This test computer records the reaction time in milliseconds, and the test score is the subtraction of the average reaction time of the switching condition and the non-switching condition. For each of the three tests, the computer returns Units on a Scale 0 to 1 (0= error, 1= correct) to calculate the correct rate.

  Baseline and week 1

• Pre-test: executive function in obese children

  Three computer programs will be used to measure executive function:1.Flanker task paradigm to measure inhibition. This test computer recorded reaction durations in milliseconds, and the test score will be calculated as the average reaction durations of the conflict and non-conflict scenarios minus.2.N-Back task paradigm to measure working memory. This test computer records the reaction time in milliseconds, and the test score is the average reaction time.3.More-odd shifting task paradigm to measure cognitive flexibility. This test computer records the reaction time in milliseconds, and the test score is the subtraction of the average reaction time of the switching condition and the non-switching condition. For each of the three tests, the computer returns Units on a Scale 0 to 1 (0= error, 1= correct) to calculate the correct rate.

  Baseline and week 1

• After 12 weeks of executive function level of obese children

  Three computer programs will be used to measure executive function:1.Flanker task paradigm to measure inhibition. This test computer recorded reaction durations in milliseconds, and the test score will be calculated as the average reaction durations of the conflict and non-conflict scenarios minus.2.N-Back task paradigm to measure working memory. This test computer records the reaction time in milliseconds, and the test score is the average reaction time.3.More-odd shifting task paradigm to measure cognitive flexibility. This test computer records the reaction time in milliseconds, and the test score is the subtraction of the average reaction time of the switching condition and the non-switching condition. For each of the three tests, the computer returns Units on a Scale 0 to 1 (0= error, 1= correct) to calculate the correct rate.

  week 12

• After 12 weeks in the control group executive function level of obese children

  Three computer programs will be used to measure executive function:1.Flanker task paradigm to measure inhibition. This test computer recorded reaction durations in milliseconds, and the test score will be calculated as the average reaction durations of the conflict and non-conflict scenarios minus.2.N-Back task paradigm to measure working memory. This test computer records the reaction time in milliseconds, and the test score is the average reaction time.3.More-odd shifting task paradigm to measure cognitive flexibility. This test computer records the reaction time in milliseconds, and the test score is the subtraction of the average reaction time of the switching condition and the non-switching condition. For each of the three tests, the computer returns Units on a Scale 0 to 1 (0= error, 1= correct) to calculate the correct rate.

  week 12

Study Arms (2)

Obese children aerobic exercise intervention group

EXPERIMENTAL

Aerobic exercise intervention on children obesity in the experimental group, the form of aerobic exercise for football and volleyball training, strength control in moderate intensity, time 1 hour, twice a week.

Behavioral: Aerobic exercise

Obese children of control group

NO INTERVENTION

Control group in obese children will be conducted in normal school physical education, in addition to no other exercise intervention.

Interventions

Aerobic exercise BEHAVIORAL

The mixed design scheme of football and volleyball sports technology and competition will be adopted.aerobic exercise intensity will be moderate-intensity aerobic exercise load , and the intervention time was 12 weeks, 60 minutes each time, twice a week. The main preparation activities were jogging and special preparation activities (10 minutes), and the main part was technical teaching combined with competition (60 minutes).The end part is mostly jogging and stretching (10 minutes). Two subjects in each group were selected to wear Decathlon Bluetooth heart rate band, and the exercise intensity was controlled by detecting the heart rate of the subjects.

Obese children aerobic exercise intervention group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 8 Years - 10 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Age: Obese children aged 8-10 years.
• The body weight was obese or above.
• There was no history of other concomitant diseases related to obesity,Children with simple obesity.
• Normal blood pressure.
• The International Physical Activity Scale (IPAQ, Chinese version) measured participants 'physical activity in the past 7 days, with internal consistency reliability r = 0.927(Qiu NN, 2004).
• The physical condition Safety questionnaire (PAR-Q) was used to ensure that the exercise in thistest could be completed safely(Appendix2).
• Uncorrected or corrected visual acuity was normal.

You may not qualify if:

• In the process of the experiment, it is necessary to participate in other forms of intervention experiments. If the members of the experimental group or the control group are engaged in regular exercise or planned training, they need to be excluded from the experiment.
• If the members of the experimental group are absent from work for more than1 week, the samples will be deemed to fall off. If the members of the experimental group and the control group fail to participate in any of the data collection on time, they will be excluded.
• Before and after the experiment, the members of the experimental group or the control group who limited their movement due to sprain and other reasons were excluded.They were randomly divided into experimental group and control group.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Jing Xin: lead

Study Sites (1)

Jinan Tangye primary School

Jinan, Shandong, 250100, China

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Pediatric Obesity; Psychological Well-Being

Interventions

Exercise

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Obesity; Overweight; Overnutrition; Nutrition Disorders; Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases; Body Weight; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Personal Satisfaction; Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Motor Activity; Movement; Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena; Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena

Study Officials

• Borhannudin Bin Abdullah, Lecturer

  Faculty of educational studies,,Universiti Putra Malaysia

  STUDY CHAIR

Central Study Contacts

Xin Jing, PHD

CONTACT

+86-15820095961; jingxin125678@163.com

Xiangkun Yang, PHD

CONTACT

+86-15098729527; yangbanzhang@163.com

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: PHD

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 27, 2024
• First Posted: July 19, 2024
• Study Start: August 1, 2024
• Primary Completion: November 1, 2024
• Study Completion: December 30, 2024
• Last Updated: July 19, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-07

Locations

CN (1)