Linear/nonlinear relations of activity and fitness with children's academic achievement

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2279-2285

  Hansen, David M ^a   Herrmann, Stephen D ^b   Lambourne, Kate ^c   Lee, Jaehoon ^d   Donnelly, Joseph E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b SANFORD RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Accelerometer; Aerobic fitness; Children; Pacer; Weschsler individual achievement test

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT;

ACHIEVEMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; STUDENTS;

EID: 84916638458     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000000362     Document Type: Article

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