The effect of playing Onigokko on children's executive function and cardiovascular endurance in the early elementary school grades.

ABSTRACT: This study investigated whether continuously playing Onigokko, a game similar to tag, could enhance children's cognitive flexibility, a component of executive function, and improve cardiovascular endurance. The intervention group comprised 34 students enrolled in the second-grade A class of H elementary school in Y prefecture. The control group comprised 34 students enrolled in the second-grade B class at the same school. Cognitive flexibility was assessed using the Trail Making Test Task B (TMT-B), while cardiovascular endurance was measured using a 20-meter shuttle run. These measurements were taken for both groups before and after four weeks playing Onigokko with the intervention group. A two-way ANOVA was applied for each measurement item, considering the group (intervention and contro

SUBMITTER: Aoyama S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11621126 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature