Effects of a structured fundamental motor skills intervention on executive function in second grade students: a randomized controlled trial (opens in new tab)

Given the relative scarcity of randomized controlled trial evidence regarding systematic fundamental motor skills interventions for lower primary school students, this study aimed to examine the effectiveness of a 10-week structured fundamental motor skills intervention on the executive function and its subcomponents in second-grade students. Between September and November 2023, a randomized controlled trial was conducted. Eighty-nine second grade students were assigned to either an experimen...