Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Prof John Reilly
ORCID ID
Contact details
Division of Developmental Medicine
University of Glasgow
1st Floor Tower Block
QMH
Yorkhill Hospitals
Dalnair Street
Glasgow
G3 8SJ
United Kingdom
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jjr2y@clinmed.gla.ac.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N/A
Study information
Scientific title
Acute effect of exercise on attention in children
Acronym
LEAPFROG ACUTE
Study hypothesis
There is increasing evidence that children lead sedentary lives. An inactive lifestyle not only increases risk of obesity and metabolic disease, but may also have adverse effects on cognitive function. However, effects of physical activity on cognition in children are unclear and two recent systematic reviews or meta analyses have called for new randomised controlled trials (RCT).
The aims of the study are:
1. To test the hypothesis that an acute bout of aerobic exercise might have effects on attention in 6-8 year olds
2. To pilot for a future larger scale RCT
Ethics approval
University of Glasgow Medical Faculty Ethics Committee (project number: FM03605)
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Hospitals
Trial type
Treatment
Patient information sheet
Condition
Obesity
Intervention
Intervention group: acute bout of aerobic exercise for 30-40 minutes
Control: sedentary behaviour for 30-40 minutes
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measures
Attention - measured using the Attentional Network Task (ANT)
Secondary outcome measures
Process evaluation (intensity of the acute bout of exercise, using accelerometry)
Overall trial start date
01/06/2006
Overall trial end date
01/08/2007
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
1. Healthy children aged 6-8 years attending mainstream primary schools
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Child
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
40 to 60 (20 to 30 per group)
Participant exclusion criteria
1. Diagnosis of any disorder of attention or memory
Recruitment start date
01/06/2006
Recruitment end date
01/08/2007
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Division of Developmental Medicine
Glasgow
G3 8SJ
United Kingdom
Funders
Funder type
Charity
Funder name
Yorkhill Children's Foundation Studentship
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Results - basic reporting
Publication summary