Association of aerobic fitness and grip strength with cognitive and academic performance in Arab children.

4区医学 Q3 Neuroscience Progress in brain research Pub Date : 2024-01-01 Epub Date: 2023-12-18 DOI:10.1016/bs.pbr.2023.11.005

Mohamed Aly, Mohamed D Hassan, Marwa M Hassan, Mohammed Alibrahim, Keita Kamijo

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This study investigated the association between aerobic and muscular fitness with the cognitive control and academic performance of preadolescent Arab children. Ninety-three children aged 10-13years (mean=11.5, SD=0.5) representing eight Arab nations (Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Yemen, and Morocco) participated in this cross-sectional study. The participants completed tests for aerobic (progressive aerobic cardiovascular endurance run) and muscular (maximum grip strength) fitness, and cognitive control (flanker task). We assessed their academic performance based on their overall grade point average (GPA). Our analyses revealed that greater aerobic fitness was associated with higher GPA scores and greater muscular fitness was associated with a shorter response time in a task condition requiring extensive cognitive control (incongruent condition). No association was found between aerobic fitness and flanker task performance nor between muscular fitness and GPA. These results bridge the knowledge gap on the associations of physical fitness to the cognitive control and academic performance of Arab children, suggesting that the positive associations found in Western and Asian literature can be generalized to the Arab context.

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阿拉伯儿童的有氧健身和握力与认知和学习成绩的关系。

本研究调查了有氧健身和肌肉健身与青春期前阿拉伯儿童的认知控制和学习成绩之间的关系。代表八个阿拉伯国家（埃及、沙特阿拉伯、苏丹、叙利亚、约旦、黎巴嫩、也门和摩洛哥）的 93 名 10-13 岁儿童（平均值=11.5，标准差=0.5）参加了这项横断面研究。参与者完成了有氧（渐进式有氧心血管耐力跑）和肌肉（最大握力）体能以及认知控制（侧翼任务）测试。我们根据他们的总平均学分绩点（GPA）来评估他们的学习成绩。我们的分析表明，更强的有氧体能与更高的 GPA 分数相关，更强的肌肉体能与在需要广泛认知控制的任务条件（不一致条件）中更短的反应时间相关。有氧体能与侧手任务表现之间以及肌肉体能与 GPA 之间均未发现关联。这些结果弥补了关于体能与阿拉伯儿童认知控制和学业成绩之间联系的知识空白，表明西方和亚洲文献中发现的积极联系可以推广到阿拉伯环境中。

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Progress in brain research 医学-神经科学

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期刊介绍： Progress in Brain Research is the most acclaimed and accomplished series in neuroscience. The serial is well-established as an extensive documentation of contemporary advances in the field. The volumes contain authoritative reviews and original articles by invited specialists. The rigorous editing of the volumes assures that they will appeal to all laboratory and clinical brain research workers in the various disciplines: neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, neuropharmacology, neuroendocrinology, neuropathology, basic neurology, biological psychiatry and the behavioral sciences.