Age, setting, design, number of conditions, activity type, duration, intensity and test timing showed no significant moderation of acute physical activity effects on academic outcomes¶

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Subclaims¶

q3 i? All moderators other than behavior change techniques showed no statistical significance in subgroup analyses. → Muntaner-Mas A 2024

Evidence¶

Muntaner-Mas A 2024¶

Muntaner-Mas A, Morales JS, Martínez-de-Quel Ó, Lubans DR, García-Hermoso A. (2024). Acute effect of physical activity on academic outcomes in school-aged youth: A systematic review and multivariate meta-analysis. Scand J Med Sci Sports. https://doi.org/10.1111/sms.14479

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Subgroup meta-analyses across participant-, intervention-, context- and outcome-level moderators found no statistically significant differences between subgroups (moderation considered at p <= 0.10). No effect sizes for the moderator contrasts are printed, so magnitudes are unreported.

"However, the other moderators showed no statistical significance (i.e., age, setting, experimental and study design, number of experimental conditions, type, duration and intensity of physical activity, and time of test administration)"

Discussion¶

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