Effects of Weekly Basketball Training Distribution on Executive Function in Adolescents

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Conditions studied: Executive Function in Healthy Adolescents, Physical Fitness, Adolescent Development

In brief

his study examined whether different ways of distributing the same weekly amount of basketball training affect executive function in adolescents. A total of 120 adolescents were randomly assigned to one of three groups: weekday-distributed basketball training, weekend-concentrated basketball training, or a control group that continued its usual activities. Participants in both basketball training groups completed 180 minutes of training per week for 8 weeks. The weekday-distributed group trained for 36 minutes per session, five days per week, whereas the weekend-concentrated group trained for 90 minutes per session, two days per week. Executive function was assessed before and after the intervention. The study aimed to determine whether basketball training improves executive function compared with usual activities and whether distributing the same weekly training volume across weekdays produces different effects from concentrating the training on weekends.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07749144

Run by

Xi'an Medical University

People needed

120

Starts

2026-03-01

Expected to finish

2026-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-08-06

Who can join

Age: 13 and older, up to 16. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Aged 13 to 16 years at enrollment.
• Enrolled in the participating local middle school.
• Medically eligible to participate in moderate-to-vigorous physical exercise.
• No systematic basketball or other sport-specific training during the 3 months before enrollment.
• Normal or corrected-to-normal vision and able to complete the computerized cognitive tasks.
• Available to participate in the 8-week intervention and complete all scheduled assessments.
• Written informed consent provided by a parent or legal guardian and assent provided by the participant.

You may not qualify if…

• Any illness or musculoskeletal injury that could prevent safe participation in basketball training.
• Current participation in another structured exercise, sport-specific training, or cognitive-training program.
• Any visual, neurological, or other condition that could interfere with completion of the computerized cognitive tasks.
• Medical advice or contraindications against participation in moderate-to-vigorous physical exercise.

Where it is running

• Xi'an Medical University — Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

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