Physical fitness and academic performance in middle school students

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 102, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 832-837

  Bass, Ronald W ^a   Brown, Dale D ^a   Laurson, Kelly R ^a   Coleman, Margaret M ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Aerobic capacity; Middle school; Neurocognitive; Physical fitness

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACHIEVEMENT TEST; ADOLESCENT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; COGNITION; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE SCHOOL; MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; WORKING MEMORY;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; READING; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS;

EID: 84879464189     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apa.12278     Document Type: Article

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