Effects of physical activity interventions on cognitive and academic performance in children and adolescents: a novel combination of a systematic review and recommendations from an expert panel

Amika S Singh; Emi Saliasi; Vera van den Berg; Léonie Uijtdewilligen; Renate H M de Groot; Jelle Jolles; Lars B Andersen; Richard Bailey; Yu-Kai Chang; Adele Diamond; Ingegerd Ericsson; Jennifer L Etnier; Alicia L Fedewa; Charles H Hillman; Terry McMorris; Caterina Pesce; Uwe Pühse; Phillip D Tomporowski; Mai J M Chinapaw

doi:10.1136/bjsports-2017-098136

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Effects of physical activity interventions on cognitive and academic performance in children and adolescents: a novel combination of a systematic review and recommendations from an expert panel

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Amika S Singh Department of Public and Occupational Health and the Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Emi Saliasi Department of Public and Occupational Health and the Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Vera van den Berg Department of Public and Occupational Health and the Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Léonie Uijtdewilligen Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Renate H M de Groot Welten Institute - Research Centre for Learning, Teaching and Technology, Open University of the Netherlands, Heerlen, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jelle Jolles Centre for Brain & Learning, Faculty of Psychology and Education, LEARN! Institute, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Lars B Andersen Department of Teacher Education and Sport, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Sogndal, Norway PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Richard Bailey International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education, Berlin, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Yu-Kai Chang Department of Physical Education, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Adele Diamond Program in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ingegerd Ericsson Department of Sport Sciences, Faculty of Learning and Society, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jennifer L Etnier Department of Kinesiology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Alicia L Fedewa Department of Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Charles H Hillman Department of Psychology, Department of Physical Therapy, Movement, & Rehabilitation Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Terry McMorris Department of Sport and Exercise Science, Institute for Sport, University of Chichester, Chichester, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Caterina Pesce Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, Italian University Sport and Movement “Foro Italico”, Rome, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Uwe Pühse Department of Sport, Exercise and Health, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Phillip D Tomporowski Department of Kinesiology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Mai J M Chinapaw Department of Public and Occupational Health and the Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Amika S Singh, Department of Public and Occupational Health and the Amsterdam Public Health research institute, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; a.singh{at}vumc.nl

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Singh AS, Saliasi E, van den Berg V, et al

Effects of physical activity interventions on cognitive and academic performance in children and adolescents: a novel combination of a systematic review and recommendations from an expert panel

British Journal of Sports Medicine 2019;53:640-647.

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Received June 20, 2017
Revised April 15, 2018
Accepted June 20, 2018
First published July 30, 2018.

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April 29, 2019

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