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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Autores principales:	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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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	physical activity executive functions cognitive performance youth physical education Biology (General) QH301-705.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:67c636ab798f4d9fb8e1e1101a793b672021-11-25T16:47:28ZEffect of Physical Exercise Program Based on Active Breaks on Physical Fitness and Vigilance Performance10.3390/biology101111512079-7737https://doaj.org/article/67c636ab798f4d9fb8e1e1101a793b672021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/10/11/1151https://doaj.org/toc/2079-7737The 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.Francisco Tomás González-FernándezSixto González-VílloraSalvador Baena-MoralesJuan Carlos Pastor-VicedoFilipe Manuel ClementeGeorgian BadicuEugenia Murawska-CiałowiczMDPI AGarticlephysical activityexecutive functionscognitive performanceyouthphysical educationBiology (General)QH301-705.5ENBiology, Vol 10, Iss 1151, p 1151 (2021)
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topic	physical activity executive functions cognitive performance youth physical education Biology (General) QH301-705.5
spellingShingle	physical activity executive functions cognitive performance youth physical education Biology (General) QH301-705.5 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
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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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
author_sort	Francisco Tomás González-Fernández
title	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_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_sort	effect of physical exercise program based on active breaks on physical fitness and vigilance performance
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/67c636ab798f4d9fb8e1e1101a793b67
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Effect of Physical Exercise Program Based on Active Breaks on Physical Fitness and Vigilance Performance

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