nctId: NCT06303674 id: 301CER22 id: PID2021-123357OA-I00 type: OTHER_GRANT domain: Ministry of Science and Innovation - Spanish State Research Agency - European Regional Development Fund briefTitle: Effects of Brain Breaks on Educational Achievement in Laboratory Settings: The Break4Brain Project overallStatus: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING date: 2023-02-27 date: 2024-07 date: 2025-09 date: 2024-03-12 date: 2024-03-12 name: University of the Balearic Islands class: OTHER name: Ministry of Science and Innovation name: European Regional Development Fund name: Spanish State Research Agency briefSummary: Advancement in teaching methods, together with the frenetic change in the lifestyles of the school population, provides a unique opportunity to advance scientific knowledge. The current project, called "The Break4Brain Project", aims to examine the acute (transient) effects of physical activity on brain function, cognition, and academic performance in children with and without Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Specifically, a total of 60 children between 10 and 12 years old will be included with (n=30) and without (n=30) ADHD. The study will use an intra-subject design of isolated conditions with four measurement moments where the children will perform three different experimental conditions lasting 10 minutes, which will be randomized in a counterbalanced manner. These experimental conditions will be based on physical activity engaging cognitively, physical activity without engaging cognitively, and cognitively engaging control condition. This project could have a significant impact in the educational field, since, if brain function, cognition, and academic performance prove to be favorably stimulated, acutely, by physical activity through active breaks, these could be prescribed as an effective teaching strategy for children with and without ADHD in the school setting. conditions: ADHD studyType: INTERVENTIONAL phases: NA allocation: RANDOMIZED interventionModel: CROSSOVER interventionModelDescription: The design of the study is a within-participants crossover pretest-posttest comparison design under laboratory settings will be used. In this design, all participants will engage in all experimental conditions (on separate days), with the order of the experimental conditions being counterbalanced across participants and outcomes assessed following each experimental condition. primaryPurpose: TREATMENT masking: DOUBLE whoMasked: PARTICIPANT whoMasked: OUTCOMES_ASSESSOR count: 60 type: ESTIMATED name: Physical activity with engaging cognitively name: Physical activity without engaging cognitively measure: Academic achievement measure: Inhibition measure: Working memory measure: Sustained attention measure: Brain function measure: Physical fitness and body composition measure: Physical activity levels and sleep measure: Self-reported sedentary patterns measure: Motor proficiency measure: Biological maturation measure: ADHD symptoms measure: IQ measure: Socioeconomic levels measure: Educational levels sex: ALL minimumAge: 10 Years maximumAge: 12 Years stdAges: CHILD facility: University of the Balearic Islands city: Palma state: Balearic Islands zip: 07122 country: Spain lat: 39.56939 lon: 2.65024 hasResults: False