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Active Breaks and Executive Function in Scholars

NCT07538453 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 114

Last updated 2026-04-20

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Summary

This study aims to examine whether short bouts of exercise (10 minutes) performed during the school day can improve thinking skills, creativity and emotional wellbeing in primary school children. Specifically, children aged 11-12 years will be randomly assigned to perform either a short aerobic exercise break, a strength-based exercise break, or a seated control activity. The study will evaluate how these 10 minutes activity breaks influence attention, working memory, creativity, and emotional wellbeing state after completing cognitively demanding tasks. The findings will help to identify effective strategies to integrate physical activity into the classroom to enhance learning and overall well-being in school settings.

Conditions

  • Creativity
  • Executive Function (Cognition)
  • Psychological Wellbeing

Interventions

OTHER

Active Break

A 10-min active break format was selected to maximize feasibility within school settings. All conditions followed an identical temporal structure consisting of a 1-min warm-up, an 8-min main activity phase, and a 1-min cool-down delivered through standardized instructional videos that guided students in reproducing and observing the correct technique and execution of the exercises.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Universitat Jaume I

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Diego Moliner-Urdiales, PhD · Universitat Jaume I

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
11 Years
Max Age
12 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-03-26
Primary Completion
2026-06-30
Completion
2026-06-30

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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