Effect of Physical Exercise Program Based on Active Breaks on Physical Fitness and Vigilance Performance
The scientific literature has shown the beneficial effects of chronic Physical Exercise (PE) on a wide range of tasks that involve high-order functioning. For this reason, the present study aimed to investigate the effects of active breaks on physical fitness and vigilance performance in high school...
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| author | Francisco Tomás González-Fernández Sixto González-Víllora Salvador Baena-Morales Juan Carlos Pastor-Vicedo Filipe Manuel Clemente Georgian Badicu Eugenia Murawska-Ciałowicz |
| author_facet | Francisco Tomás González-Fernández Sixto González-Víllora Salvador Baena-Morales Juan Carlos Pastor-Vicedo Filipe Manuel Clemente Georgian Badicu Eugenia Murawska-Ciałowicz |
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| description | The scientific literature has shown the beneficial effects of chronic Physical Exercise (PE) on a wide range of tasks that involve high-order functioning. For this reason, the present study aimed to investigate the effects of active breaks on physical fitness and vigilance performance in high school students through eight weeks of physical training. A total of 42 healthy students (age = 16.50 ± 0.59 years; height = 171.08 ± 8.07 cm; weight = 67.10 ± 13.76 kg) from one Andalusian high school (Spain) were assigned for convenience and matched into two groups, a Control Group (CG) and an Active-Break Group (ABG). The ABG performed two active breaks (based on strength and self-loading exercises) during the school day, first at 10:00 a.m. and second at 12:30 p.m. The participants were assessed before and after the training program using the Alpha-Fitness test battery and the Psychomotor Vigilance Task (PVT). Significant differences were observed in the post-training PVT results, compared with the pretraining PVT, showing ABG responding faster than CG. Thus, the presents study demonstrated that eight weeks of physical training affects vigilance performance (compared to CG) and improves the efficiency of vigilance in high school students, contributing to enhancement of quality of education. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-67c636ab798f4d9fb8e1e1101a793b672023-11-22T22:28:05ZengMDPI AGBiology2079-77372021-11-011011115110.3390/biology10111151Effect of Physical Exercise Program Based on Active Breaks on Physical Fitness and Vigilance PerformanceFrancisco Tomás González-Fernández0Sixto González-Víllora1Salvador Baena-Morales2Juan Carlos Pastor-Vicedo3Filipe Manuel Clemente4Georgian Badicu5Eugenia Murawska-Ciałowicz6Department of Physical Activity and Sports Sciences, Pontifical University of Comillas (Centro de Estudios Superiores Alberta Giménez), 07013 Palma de Mallorca, SpainDepartment of Physical Education, Arts and Music, University of Castilla-La Mancha, 02006 Albacete, SpainEDUCAFD Research Group, Department of General Didactic and Specific Didactics, Faculty of Education, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, SpainDepartment of Physical Education, Arts and Music, University of Castilla-La Mancha, 02006 Albacete, SpainEscola Superior Desporto e Lazer, Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, Rua Escola Industrial e Comercial de Nun’Álvares, 4900-347 Viana do Castelo, PortugalDepartment of Physical Education and Special Motricity, University Transilvania of Brasov, 500068 Brasov, RomaniaDepartment of Physiology and Biochemistry, University School of Physical Education, 51-612 Wrocław, PolandThe scientific literature has shown the beneficial effects of chronic Physical Exercise (PE) on a wide range of tasks that involve high-order functioning. For this reason, the present study aimed to investigate the effects of active breaks on physical fitness and vigilance performance in high school students through eight weeks of physical training. A total of 42 healthy students (age = 16.50 ± 0.59 years; height = 171.08 ± 8.07 cm; weight = 67.10 ± 13.76 kg) from one Andalusian high school (Spain) were assigned for convenience and matched into two groups, a Control Group (CG) and an Active-Break Group (ABG). The ABG performed two active breaks (based on strength and self-loading exercises) during the school day, first at 10:00 a.m. and second at 12:30 p.m. The participants were assessed before and after the training program using the Alpha-Fitness test battery and the Psychomotor Vigilance Task (PVT). Significant differences were observed in the post-training PVT results, compared with the pretraining PVT, showing ABG responding faster than CG. Thus, the presents study demonstrated that eight weeks of physical training affects vigilance performance (compared to CG) and improves the efficiency of vigilance in high school students, contributing to enhancement of quality of education.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/10/11/1151physical activityexecutive functionscognitive performanceyouthphysical education |
| spellingShingle | Francisco Tomás González-Fernández Sixto González-Víllora Salvador Baena-Morales Juan Carlos Pastor-Vicedo Filipe Manuel Clemente Georgian Badicu Eugenia Murawska-Ciałowicz Effect of Physical Exercise Program Based on Active Breaks on Physical Fitness and Vigilance Performance Biology physical activity executive functions cognitive performance youth physical education |
| title | Effect of Physical Exercise Program Based on Active Breaks on Physical Fitness and Vigilance Performance |
| title_full | Effect of Physical Exercise Program Based on Active Breaks on Physical Fitness and Vigilance Performance |
| title_fullStr | Effect of Physical Exercise Program Based on Active Breaks on Physical Fitness and Vigilance Performance |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of Physical Exercise Program Based on Active Breaks on Physical Fitness and Vigilance Performance |
| title_short | Effect of Physical Exercise Program Based on Active Breaks on Physical Fitness and Vigilance Performance |
| title_sort | effect of physical exercise program based on active breaks on physical fitness and vigilance performance |
| topic | physical activity executive functions cognitive performance youth physical education |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/10/11/1151 |
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