The effectiveness of orienteering exercise on improving physical fitness and cognitive functions in non-athletes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

IF 3.9 3区医学 Q1 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Public Health Pub Date : 2025-06-03 DOI:10.1016/j.puhe.2025.105789

Hsin-Yen Yen , Hao-Yun Huang , Tzu-Yu Lin

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Abstract

Objectives

Orienteering exercise combines physical and cognitive function training, but its interventional effects remain unclear. Hence, in this study, we examined the effectiveness of orienteering exercise interventions in improving physical fitness and cognitive functions by a systematic review, meta-analyses, subgroup analyses, and meta-regression.

Study design

Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Methods

Nine electronic databases were searched in September 2024; after evaluation, 1360 studies were initially selected, but only ten studies were ultimately included in the systematic review and meta-analysis. Random-effect models were used for all analyses.

Results

The meta-analytical results revealed significant large effects of orienteering exercise interventions on physical fitness and memory, and a medium effect on spatial skills in all included studies. Results of the moderator analysis showed a significant difference in attention improvement across all moderators, including the study design, population, teaching experiments, and various orientation types. Regarding orientation types of interventions, the introductory teaching strategy showed a significantly better effect on physical fitness, and memory training strategies showed a significantly better effect on attention.

Conclusions

The effects of orienteering exercise interventions on improving physical fitness and cognitive functions are promising. Orienteering exercise interventions are recommended for all age groups across various settings, including in schools for children and adolescents and in community settings for older adults. Additionally, a well-designed and identified intervention course could be a valuable resource for health-promotion scholars and policymakers.

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定向运动对提高非运动员体能和认知功能的有效性：系统回顾和荟萃分析

目的定向运动结合了身体和认知功能的训练，但其干预效果尚不清楚。因此，在本研究中，我们通过系统综述、meta分析、亚组分析和meta回归来检验定向运动干预在改善身体健康和认知功能方面的有效性。研究设计：系统回顾和荟萃分析。方法于2024年9月检索9个电子数据库；经过评估，最初选择了1360项研究，但最终只有10项研究被纳入系统评价和荟萃分析。所有分析均采用随机效应模型。结果meta分析结果显示，定向运动干预对身体素质和记忆有显著的显著影响，对空间技能有中等影响。调节因子分析结果显示，在所有调节因子中，包括研究设计、人口、教学实验和各种定向类型，注意改善有显著差异。在取向类型干预中，导论教学策略对身体健康的影响显著优于记忆训练策略，记忆训练策略对注意力的影响显著优于记忆训练策略。结论定向运动干预对提高运动员体能和认知功能的作用是有希望的。定向运动干预建议在各种环境下适用于所有年龄组，包括在学校针对儿童和青少年以及在社区针对老年人。此外，一个精心设计和确定的干预过程可能是健康促进学者和政策制定者的宝贵资源。

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Public Health 医学-公共卫生、环境卫生与职业卫生

CiteScore

7.60

自引率

0.00%

发文量

280

审稿时长

37 days

期刊介绍： Public Health is an international, multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal. It publishes original papers, reviews and short reports on all aspects of the science, philosophy, and practice of public health.