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Enhancing Children's Cognitive and Brain Health Through Physical Activity Training (FITKids2)

NCT01619826 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 300

Last updated 2017-07-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The objective of this study is to use a randomized controlled design to determine whether cardiorespiratory fitness training improves neurocognitive function and academic performance during preadolescent development.

Conditions

  • Cognitive Ability, General
  • Achievement

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Physical Activity

9-month afterschool program designed to increase physical activity and aerobic fitness.

BEHAVIORAL

Physical Activity

Participants in this group partake in their regular afterschool activities, without intervention from the study staff.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Arthur F Kramer, PhD · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Charles Hillman, PhD · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
8 Years
Max Age
9 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-04-30
Primary Completion
2017-05-31
Completion
2017-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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