The Purpose of This Research is to Investigate the Effects of Aerobic Exercise on Executive Function in Obese Children
NCT Number: NCT06510920
Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Phases: NA
Conditions: Executive Function Disorder|Obesity, Childhood
Interventions: BEHAVIORAL: Aerobic exercise
Sponsor: Jing Xin
Sex: ALL
Age: CHILD
Enrollment: 62
Study Design: Allocation: RANDOMIZED|Intervention Model: PARALLEL|Masking: NONE|Primary Purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Start Date: 2024-08-01
Completion Date: 2024-12-30
Locations: Jinan Tangye primary School, Jinan, Shan Dong, 250100, China

Summary:
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.

Primary Outcome Measures: 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., Baseline and week 1|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., Baseline and week 1|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., week 12|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., week 12