Artigo Acesso aberto Revisado por pares

Physical Activity Is Associated with Attention Capacity in Adolescents

2015; Elsevier BV; Volume: 168; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.jpeds.2015.09.029

ISSN

1097-6833

Autores

Jérémy Vanhelst, Laurent Béghin, Alain Duhamel, Yannis Μanios, Dénes Molnár, Sefaan De Henauw, Luís A. Moreno, Francisco B. Ortega, Michael Sjöstróm, Kurt Widhalm, F. Gottrand, Luís A. Moreno, Luís A. Moreno, F. Gottrand, Stefaan De Henauw, Marcela González‐Gross, Chantal Gilbert, A. Kafatos, Luís A. Moreno, Christian Libersa, Stefaan De Henauw, Jackie Sánchez, F. Gottrand, Mathilde Kersting, Michael Sjöstróm, Dénes Molnár, Marcela González‐Gross, Jean Dallongeville, Chantal Gilbert, Gunnar Hall, Lea Maes, Luca Scalfi, P. Meléndez, Luís A. Moreno, Jesús Fleta, José A. Casajús, Gerardo Rodrı́guez, Concepción Tomás, M.I. Mesana, Germán Vicente‐Rodríguez, Adoración Villarroya, Carlos Martínez Gil, Ignacio Ara, Juan Revenga, Carmen Lachen, J.F. Alvira, Gloria Bueno, A. Lázaro, O. Bueno, Juan Francisco Castro León, Jesús M. Garagorri, Manuel Bueno, Juan Pablo Rey-López, Iris Iglesia, Paula Velasco, Silvia Bel, Laura Censi, Julia Wärnberǵ, Esther Nova, Sonia Gómez, Esperanza Díaz, Javier Romeo, Ana M. Veses, M.a A. Puertollano, Belén Zapatera, T. Pozo, David Martínez, Laurent Béghin, Christian Libersa, F. Gottrand, Cătălina Iliescu Gheorghiu, J. Von Berlepsch, Mathilde Kersting, Wolfgang Sichert‐Hellert, E. Koeppen, Dénes Molnár, Éva Erhardt, Katalin Csernus, Katalin Török, Szilvia Bokor, Miklós Angster, Enikő Nagy, Orsolya Kovács, Judit Répásy, A. Kafatos, C. Codrington, María Plada, Angeliki Papadaki, Katerina Sarri, A. Viskadourou, Christos Hatzis, Michael Kiriakakis, George Tsibinos, Constantine Vardavas, M. Sbokos, E. Protoyeraki, Maria Fasoulaki, Peter Stehle, Klaus Pietrzik, Marcela González‐Gross, Christina Breidenassel, André Spinneker, J Al-Tahan, Miriam Segoviano, A. Berchtold, C. Bierschbach, E. Blatzheim, A. Schuch, Petra Pickert, Manuel J. Castillo, Ángel Gutiérrez, Francisco B. Ortega, Jonatan R. Ruiz, Enrique G. Artero, Vanesa España‐Romero, David Jiménez‐Pavón, Palma Chillón, Magdalena Cuenca‐García, Davide Arcella, Elena Azzini, E. Barrison, Noemi Bevilacqua, Pasquale Buonocore, Giovina Catasta, Laura Censi, Donatella Ciarapica, P. D'Acapito, Marika Ferrari, Myriam Galfo, Cinzia Le Donne, Catherine Leclercq, Giuseppe Maiani, Béatrice Mauro, Lorenza Mistura, Antonella Pasquali, Raffaela Piccinelli, Angela Polito, Raffaella Spada, Stefania Sette, Maria Zaccaria, Luca Scalfi, Paola Vitaglione, Concetta Montagnese, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Stefaan De Henauw, Tineke De Vriendt, Lea Maes, Christophe Matthys, Carine Vereecken, Mieke De Maeyer, Charlene Ottevaere, Inge Huybrechts, Kurt Widhalm, Katharina Phillipp, Sabine Dietrich, B. Kubelka, Marion Boriss-Riedl, Yannis Μanios, Evangelia Grammatikaki, Z. Bouloubasi, Tina Louisa Cook, S. Eleutheriou, Orsalia Consta, George Moschonis, Ioanna Katsaroli, G. Kraniou, Στάλω Παπούτσου, D. Keke, Ioanna Petraki, Elena Bellou, Sofia Tanagra, K. Kallianoti, Dionysia Argyropoulou, Katerina Kondaki, Stamatoula Tsikrika, Christos Karaiskos, Jean Dallongeville, Aline Meirhaeghe, Michael Sjöstróm, Patrick Bergman, María Hagströmer, Lena Hällström, Mårten Hallberg, Eric Poortvliet, Julia Wärnberǵ, Nico Rizzo, Linda J. Beckman, Anita Hurtig Wennlöf, Emma Patterson, Lydia Kwak, Lars Cernerud, Per Tillgren, Stefaan Sörensen, J. Sánchez-Molero, E. Picó, Maite Navarro, Blanca Viadel, J.E. Carreres, Gema Merino, R. Sanjuán, María Lorente, María‐José Sánchez, S Castello, Chantal Gilbert, Sarah A. Thomas, E. Allchurch, Peter Burguess, Gunnar Hall, Annika Åström, A. Sverkén, A. Broberg, A. Masson, Claire Lehoux, Pascal Brabant, Philippe Pate, L. Fontaine, A. Sebok, Tünde Kuti, Adrienn Hegyi, Cristina A. Maldonado, Ana Llorente, Emilio García García, H. von Fircks, Marianne Lilja Hallberg, Maria Messerer, Mats Larsson, Helena Fredriksson, Viola Adamsson, I. Börjesson, L. Fernández, Laura Smillie, Josephine Wills, Marcela González‐Gross, Agustín Meléndez, Pedro J. Benito, Javier Calderón, David Jiménez‐Pavón, Jara Valtueña, Paloma Navarro, A. Urzanqui, Ulrike Albers, Raquel Pedrero‐Chamizo, J.J. Gómez Lorente,

Tópico(s)

Children's Physical and Motor Development

Resumo

To assess the relationships among physical activity, measured objectively, and attention capacity in European adolescents.The study included 273 adolescents, aged 12.5-17.5 years, who participated in the Healthy Lifestyle in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescence Study. Participants wore a uniaxial accelerometer for 7 days to measure physical activity. The d2 Test of Attention was administered to assess attention capacity. Multivariate analyses were used to study the association of attention capacity with each measure of physical activity. Receiver operating characteristic analysis was performed to determine thresholds that best discriminate between low and good attention capacity.After controlling for potential confounding variables (age, sex, body mass index, parental educational level, fat mass, aerobic fitness, and center), adolescents' attention capacity test performances were significantly and positively associated with longer time spent in moderate or moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) in free-living conditions (P < .05). Receiver operating characteristic curve analyses revealed that the physical activity thresholds that best discriminated between low/good attention capacities were ≥41 min·day(-1) for moderate, ≥12 min·day(-1) for vigorous, and ≥58 min·day(-1) for MVPA.These findings suggest that promoting MVPA may be have a beneficial effect on attention capacity, an important component of cognition, in adolescents.

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