Sex moderates the associations between physical activity intensity and attentional control in older adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The relationship between physical activity (PA) intensity and executive functions in older adolescents remains poorly understood. This study aimed to examine the associations between PA intensity, volume, attentional control, and working memory and the moderating effects of sex in older adolescents.

Method

We analyzed baseline data from 418 participants (211 females, M_age  = 16.5 ± 0.40 years) from the Burn 2 Learn trial. Adolescents wore GT9X Link accelerometers on a non-dominant wrist for 7 days, 24-h·d^-1 . PA intensity was expressed as intensity gradient (IG) and moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA, Hildebrand cut-points); PA volume was expressed as average acceleration (AvACC). Attentional control was measured with a standard deviation (SDRT)

SUBMITTER: Pindus DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10946572 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature