title: [Acute effect of vigorous aerobic exercise on the inhibitory control in adolescents].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the acute effect of vigorous aerobic exercise on the inhibitory control in adolescents.
  
  
  METHODS
  Controlled, randomized study with crossover design. Twenty pubertal individuals underwent two 30-minute sessions: 1) aerobic exercise session performed between 65%-75% of heart rate reserve, divided into 5minutes of warm-up, 20minutes at the target intensity and 5minutes of cool down; and 2) control session watching a cartoon. Before and after the sessions, the computerized Stroop test-Testinpacs™ was applied to evaluate the inhibitory control. Reaction time (ms) and errors (n) were recorded.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The control session reaction time showed no significant difference. On the other hand, the reaction time of the exercise session decreased after the intervention (p<0.001). The number of errors made at the exercise session were lower than in the control session (p=0.011). Additionally, there was a positive association between reaction time (Δ) of the exercise session and age (r(2)=0.404, p=0.003).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Vigorous aerobic exercise seems to promote acute improvement in the inhibitory control in adolescents. The effect of exercise on the inhibitory control performance was associated with age, showing that it was reduced at older age ranges.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal, RN, Brasil. Electronic address: rodrigodenatal@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Rodrigo Alberto Vieira
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Browne
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal, RN, Brasil.
authors.forename: Eduardo Caldas
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.affiliation: Universidade Católica de Brasília (UCB), Brasília, DF, Brasil.
authors.forename: Marcelo Magalhães
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Sales
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal, RN, Brasil.
authors.forename: André Igor
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Fonteles
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco (Univasf), Petrolina, PE, Brasil.
authors.forename: José Fernando Vila Nova de
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Moraes
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal, RN, Brasil.
authors.forename: Jônatas de França
authors.initials: Jde F
authors.lastname: Barros
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D018592:Cross-Over Studies; D056344:Executive Function; D015444:Exercise / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent
keywords: Cognition; Cognição; Educação física e treinamento; Esporte; Executive function; Função executiva; Physical education and training; Puberdade; Puberty; Sports