Health and Social Research Center, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Cuenca, Spain.
Department of Psychology, Department of Physical Therapy, Movement & Rehabilitation Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA.
J Sports Sci. 2020 Mar;38(5):582-589. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2020.1720496. Epub 2020 Jan 31.
This study aims to quantify the association between aerobic fitness and academic achievement, and determine how different aerobic fitness tests and individual demographic characteristics may modify this association. It includes 41 cross-sectional and 7 longitudinal studies focusing on children and adolescents, from MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Cochrane Database and Web of Science. Pooled effect sizes (ES) were estimated for the association between aerobic fitness and specific domains of academic achievement. Subgroup analyses and meta-regressions were based on aerobic fitness tests and demographic characteristics. The ES for the association between aerobic fitness with language/reading-skills, mathematics-related skills and composite scores, were 0.23 (95% CI: 0.12; 0.34); 0.27 (95% CI: 0.19; 0.36) and 0.28 (95% CI: 0.12; 0.45), respectively. Subgroup analyses by aerobic fitness test modified these associations; additionally, analyses by sex or age showed differences between boys and girls as well as between children and adolescents. Finally, meta-regressions revealed a slight effect of body mass index on these associations. Cardiorespiratory fitness is positively associated with academic achievement. Associations were dependent on demographic and aerobic fitness test characteristics, being stronger in boys than in girls, and in children than in adolescents.: PROSPERO CRD42017069677.
本研究旨在量化有氧运动能力与学业成绩之间的关联，并确定不同的有氧运动能力测试和个体人口统计学特征如何改变这种关联。研究纳入了 41 项横断面研究和 7 项纵向研究，研究对象为儿童和青少年，数据来源于 MEDLINE、EMBASE、Cochrane 中心对照试验注册库、Cochrane 数据库和 Web of Science。综合效应大小（ES）用于评估有氧运动能力与学业成绩特定领域之间的关联。基于有氧运动能力测试和人口统计学特征进行了亚组分析和元回归。有氧运动能力与语言/阅读技能、数学相关技能和综合成绩之间的关联的 ES 分别为 0.23（95%CI：0.12；0.34）、0.27（95%CI：0.19；0.36）和 0.28（95%CI：0.12；0.45）。基于有氧运动能力测试的亚组分析改变了这些关联；此外，按性别或年龄进行的分析表明，男孩和女孩之间以及儿童和青少年之间存在差异。最后，元回归显示体重指数对这些关联有轻微影响。心肺适能与学业成绩呈正相关。关联取决于人口统计学和有氧运动能力测试特征，在男孩中比在女孩中更强，在儿童中比在青少年中更强。
