Bike Desks in the Classroom: Energy Expenditure, Physical Health, Cognitive Performance, Brain Functioning, and Academic Performance

Torbeyns, Tine; de Geus, Sebastiaan; Bailey, Stephen; Decroix, Lieselot; Van Cutsem, Jeroen; De Pauw, Kevin; Meeusen, Romain

doi:10.1123/jpah.2016-0224

Bike Desks in the Classroom: Energy Expenditure, Physical Health, Cognitive Performance, Brain Functioning, and Academic Performance

Torbeyns, Tine

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de Geus, Sebastiaan

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Bailey, Stephen

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Decroix, Lieselot

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Meeusen, Romain

;et.al.

(2017) Journal of Physical Activity & Health — Vol. 14, n° 6, p. 429-439 (2017)

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Torbeyns, TineVUB
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de Geus, SebastiaanUCLouvain
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Bailey, Stephen
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Decroix, LieselotVUB
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Meeusen, RomainVUB
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(en) Physical activity is positively associated with physical health, cognitive performance, brain functioning and academic performance. The aim of this study is to investigate the influence of bike desks in the classroom on adolescents’ energy expenditure, physical health, cognitive performance, brain functioning and academic performance.

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UCLouvainSSH/IACS - Institute of Analysis of Change in Contemporary and Historical Societies

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Torbeyns, T., de Geus, S., Bailey, S., Decroix, L., Van Cutsem, J., De Pauw, K., & Meeusen, R. (2017). Bike Desks in the Classroom: Energy Expenditure, Physical Health, Cognitive Performance, Brain Functioning, and Academic Performance. Journal of Physical Activity & Health, 14(6), 429-439. https://doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2016-0224 (Original work published 2017)