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Ashton, J, Coyles, G, Malone, JJ and Roberts, JW (2020) Immediate effects of an acute bout of repeated soccer heading on cognitive performance. Science and Medicine in Football, 5 (3). pp. 181-187. ISSN 2473-3938
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Abstract
Purpose: There has been a growing concern surrounding the harmful effects of soccer heading on cognitive function. The present study aims to examine the immediate effects of heading.
Methods: 30 recreational male soccer players were divided into three groups that undertook 20 consecutive headers with a soft (8.8 psi), hard (16.2 psi), or no (control) ball. All groups completed a battery of neuropsychological tests before and after the heading intervention: King-Devick, trail-making (TM) (A and B), digit span (DS) and spatial span (SS) (forward and backward).
Results: Significant increase in the time (M = 4.44 s) and errors (M = 1.45) for the King-Devick test within the hard and soft groups, although there was no significant difference for TM-A and TM-B. Significant decline for SS forward within the hard and soft groups (M = -16%), although the declines for SS backward (M = -16%), DS forward (M = -23%) and DS backward (M = -25%) were present only for the hard group (ps < .05).
Discussion: While outside of regular match-play, this study showed that heading negatively influenced participants in terms of one of the indicators of a suspected concussion (King-Devick), as well as working memory (DS, SS) that is essential for daily life. These findings contribute to the growing research on heading with a view to informing safety guidelines and regulation.
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| Additional Information: | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Science and Medicine in Football accepted on 15/11/20, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/24733938.2020.1846769 |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC1200 Sports Medicine |
| Divisions: | Sport & Exercise Sciences |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Nov 2020 10:15 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Jan 2022 13:30 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.1080/24733938.2020.1846769 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/13986 |
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