About this trial

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. 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. What are the differences on executive function before and after aerobic exercise intervention among obese children? 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.

Participants will:

(1) The aerobic exercise intervention group was given football and volleyball exercise intervention, and the control group was given routine school life for 3 months.

2\. Record the participants before and after the intervention level of executive function.

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

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.

Disqualifiers

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.

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

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.

Treatment groups

62 Participants

are divided into 2 treatment groups

Group A: Obese children aerobic exercise intervention groupExperimental treatment 1 intervention

Group B: Obese children of control groupNo intervention 0 interventions

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

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.

Time frame

Baseline and week 1

2

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.

Time frame

Baseline and week 1

3

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.

Time frame

week 12

4

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.

Time frame

week 12

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

About this trial

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Disqualifiers

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

Treatment groups

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

Secondary outcomes

Other outcomes

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