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Magistro, D. 
ORCID: 0000-0002-2554-3701, Cooper, S.B. ORCID: 0000-0001-5219-5020, Boat, R. ORCID: 0000-0002-4897-8118, Carlevaro, F., Magno, F., Castagno, C., Simon, M. and Musella, G.,
2022.
An after-school football session transiently improves cognitive function in children.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20 (1): 164.
ISSN 1661-7827
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Abstract
The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of a real-world after-school football session on subsequent cognitive function in primary school children. Following ethical approval, 100 children (aged 8–9 year) from the same after-school football club were randomly assigned to either an intervention (60 min football activity) or control (continued to rest) group. Cognitive function (selective visual attention, short term memory and long-term memory) was assessed prior to, immediately following and 45 min following the football session (and at the respective timepoints in the control group). Data were analysed via two-way (group * time) mixed methods ANOVA. The pattern of change in all domains of cognition over time, was different between the football and control groups (group * time, all p < 0.001). Specifically, performance on all cognitive tasks was greater immediately following the football session in the intervention group compared to the control group (selective visual attention, p = 0.003; short-term memory, p = 0.004; long-term memory, p < 0.001). However, there was no difference between the group 45 min following the football session (p = 0.132–0.393). These findings suggest that an after-school football session enhances cognition immediately post-activity in primary school children.
| Item Type: | Journal article | ||||||
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| Publication Title: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | ||||||
| Creators: | Magistro, D., Cooper, S.B., Boat, R., Carlevaro, F., Magno, F., Castagno, C., Simon, M. and Musella, G. | ||||||
| Publisher: | MDPI AG | ||||||
| Date: | 22 December 2022 | ||||||
| Volume: | 20 | ||||||
| Number: | 1 | ||||||
| ISSN: | 1661-7827 | ||||||
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| Rights: | © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). | ||||||
| Divisions: | Schools > School of Science and Technology | ||||||
| Record created by: | Laura Ward | ||||||
| Date Added: | 03 Jan 2023 11:21 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 03 Jan 2023 11:21 | ||||||
| URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/47705 |
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