protocolSection identificationModule nctId: NCT06303674, orgStudyIdInfo id: 301CER22, secondaryIdInfos 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, statusModule overallStatus: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING, startDateStruct date: 2023-02-27, primaryCompletionDateStruct date: 2024-07, completionDateStruct date: 2025-09, studyFirstPostDateStruct date: 2024-03-12, lastUpdatePostDateStruct date: 2024-03-12, sponsorCollaboratorsModule leadSponsor name: University of the Balearic Islands, class: OTHER, collaborators name: Ministry of Science and Innovation, collaborators name: European Regional Development Fund, collaborators name: Spanish State Research Agency, descriptionModule 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., conditionsModule conditions: ADHD, designModule studyType: INTERVENTIONAL, phases: NA, designInfo 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, maskingInfo masking: DOUBLE, whoMasked: PARTICIPANT, whoMasked: OUTCOMES_ASSESSOR, enrollmentInfo count: 60, type: ESTIMATED, armsInterventionsModule interventions name: Physical activity with engaging cognitively, interventions name: Physical activity without engaging cognitively, outcomesModule primaryOutcomes measure: Academic achievement, primaryOutcomes measure: Inhibition, primaryOutcomes measure: Working memory, primaryOutcomes measure: Sustained attention, primaryOutcomes measure: Brain function, secondaryOutcomes measure: Physical fitness and body composition, secondaryOutcomes measure: Physical activity levels and sleep, secondaryOutcomes measure: Self-reported sedentary patterns, secondaryOutcomes measure: Motor proficiency, secondaryOutcomes measure: Biological maturation, secondaryOutcomes measure: ADHD symptoms, secondaryOutcomes measure: IQ, secondaryOutcomes measure: Socioeconomic levels, secondaryOutcomes measure: Educational levels, eligibilityModule sex: ALL, minimumAge: 10 Years, maximumAge: 12 Years, stdAges: CHILD, contactsLocationsModule locations facility: University of the Balearic Islands, city: Palma, state: Balearic Islands, zip: 07122, country: Spain, geoPoint lat: 39.56939, lon: 2.65024, hasResults: False