High cognitive demand tasks may detect mild alterations in executive functions in American football players: A pilot study

Background: Repeated head trauma associated with sports activities can cause subtle cognitive alterations in amateur players, but these are difficult to detect. Objective: The objective of this pilot study was to determine if there is an association between executive functions performance and differ...

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Autores principales:	Paul Carrillo-Mora, Vania Aldrete-Cortez, Jorge A. Guzmán-Cortés, Guadalupe García-de la Torre, Laura Tirado-Gómez, Luz Navarro, María Soto-Lara, Kenia F. Franyutti-Prado, Karina G. Barajas-Martínez
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Publicado:	Permanyer 2021
Materias:	Traumatic brain injury. Concussion. Executive functions. Sports. Cognition. Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry RC321-571
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:2f218a677aa0495dbc341116f312ec4f2021-11-12T01:47:12ZHigh cognitive demand tasks may detect mild alterations in executive functions in American football players: A pilot study10.24875/RMN.210000352604-6180https://doaj.org/article/2f218a677aa0495dbc341116f312ec4f2021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.revmexneurociencia.com/frame_esp.php?id=158https://doaj.org/toc/2604-6180Background: Repeated head trauma associated with sports activities can cause subtle cognitive alterations in amateur players, but these are difficult to detect. Objective: The objective of this pilot study was to determine if there is an association between executive functions performance and different sports practice variables in a sample of amateur American football players. Methods: A pilot transversal study with amateur American football male players without previous neurological or psychiatric illnesses, drug abuse, or consumption of psychotropic medications were carried out and evaluated executive functions performance using automated test. In addition, the levels of stress, impulsivity, and symptoms of anxiety and depression were evaluated, as well as multiple variables related to sports practice such as previous concussions, time of sports practice, weekly training time, and position within the game. Results: Fourteen men players were assessed, with an average age of 20.57 (standard deviation [SD] ± 1.61) years, played 7 (50%) in an offensive position, 7 (50%) in defensive position, and 3 (21%) presented previous sport-related brain trauma. The average time of practice football was of 35.07 (SD ± 43.10) months, starting age of football playing 17.71 (SD ± 3.64), and hours of training during the week 5.75 (SD ± 2.83). There was no association between cognitive performance and any sports practice variable, however, the offensive position showed significant association with impairments in the highest span of visual working memory task (β = 0.53, SE = 0.16, p = 0.001). Conclusion: The results suggest that executive tasks with high cognitive demand may reveal alterations in the short term in amateur American football players. Paul Carrillo-MoraVania Aldrete-CortezJorge A. Guzmán-CortésGuadalupe García-de la TorreLaura Tirado-GómezLuz NavarroMaría Soto-LaraKenia F. Franyutti-PradoKarina G. Barajas-MartínezPermanyerarticleTraumatic brain injury. Concussion. Executive functions. Sports. Cognition.Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. NeuropsychiatryRC321-571ENRevista Mexicana de Neurociencia, Vol 22, Iss 6 (2021)
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topic	Traumatic brain injury. Concussion. Executive functions. Sports. Cognition. Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry RC321-571
spellingShingle	Traumatic brain injury. Concussion. Executive functions. Sports. Cognition. Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry RC321-571 Paul Carrillo-Mora Vania Aldrete-Cortez Jorge A. Guzmán-Cortés Guadalupe García-de la Torre Laura Tirado-Gómez Luz Navarro María Soto-Lara Kenia F. Franyutti-Prado Karina G. Barajas-Martínez High cognitive demand tasks may detect mild alterations in executive functions in American football players: A pilot study
description	Background: Repeated head trauma associated with sports activities can cause subtle cognitive alterations in amateur players, but these are difficult to detect. Objective: The objective of this pilot study was to determine if there is an association between executive functions performance and different sports practice variables in a sample of amateur American football players. Methods: A pilot transversal study with amateur American football male players without previous neurological or psychiatric illnesses, drug abuse, or consumption of psychotropic medications were carried out and evaluated executive functions performance using automated test. In addition, the levels of stress, impulsivity, and symptoms of anxiety and depression were evaluated, as well as multiple variables related to sports practice such as previous concussions, time of sports practice, weekly training time, and position within the game. Results: Fourteen men players were assessed, with an average age of 20.57 (standard deviation [SD] ± 1.61) years, played 7 (50%) in an offensive position, 7 (50%) in defensive position, and 3 (21%) presented previous sport-related brain trauma. The average time of practice football was of 35.07 (SD ± 43.10) months, starting age of football playing 17.71 (SD ± 3.64), and hours of training during the week 5.75 (SD ± 2.83). There was no association between cognitive performance and any sports practice variable, however, the offensive position showed significant association with impairments in the highest span of visual working memory task (β = 0.53, SE = 0.16, p = 0.001). Conclusion: The results suggest that executive tasks with high cognitive demand may reveal alterations in the short term in amateur American football players.
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author	Paul Carrillo-Mora Vania Aldrete-Cortez Jorge A. Guzmán-Cortés Guadalupe García-de la Torre Laura Tirado-Gómez Luz Navarro María Soto-Lara Kenia F. Franyutti-Prado Karina G. Barajas-Martínez
author_facet	Paul Carrillo-Mora Vania Aldrete-Cortez Jorge A. Guzmán-Cortés Guadalupe García-de la Torre Laura Tirado-Gómez Luz Navarro María Soto-Lara Kenia F. Franyutti-Prado Karina G. Barajas-Martínez
author_sort	Paul Carrillo-Mora
title	High cognitive demand tasks may detect mild alterations in executive functions in American football players: A pilot study
title_short	High cognitive demand tasks may detect mild alterations in executive functions in American football players: A pilot study
title_full	High cognitive demand tasks may detect mild alterations in executive functions in American football players: A pilot study
title_fullStr	High cognitive demand tasks may detect mild alterations in executive functions in American football players: A pilot study
title_full_unstemmed	High cognitive demand tasks may detect mild alterations in executive functions in American football players: A pilot study
title_sort	high cognitive demand tasks may detect mild alterations in executive functions in american football players: a pilot study
publisher	Permanyer
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/2f218a677aa0495dbc341116f312ec4f
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High cognitive demand tasks may detect mild alterations in executive functions in American football players: A pilot study

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