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ArticleFrontiers in human neuroscience2022

The Influence of a Competitive Field Hockey Match on Cognitive Function.

Rachel Malcolm, Simon Cooper, Jonathan P Folland, Christopher J Tyler, Caroline Sunderland

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Article in Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Rachel MalcolmDepartment of Sport Sciences, Sport, Health and Performance Enhancement (SHAPE) Research Centre, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
Simon CooperDepartment of Sport Sciences, Sport, Health and Performance Enhancement (SHAPE) Research Centre, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
Jonathan P FollandSchool of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom.
Christopher J TylerDepartment of Life Sciences, University of Roehampton, Roehampton, United Kingdom.
Caroline SunderlandDepartment of Sport Sciences, Sport, Health and Performance Enhancement (SHAPE) Research Centre, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
Nottingham Trent University · GBLoughborough University · GBUniversity of Roehampton · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite the known positive effects of acute exercise on cognition, the effects of a competitive team sport match are unknown. In a randomized crossover design, 20 female and 17 male field hockey players (19.7 ± 1.2 years) completed a battery of cognitive tests (Visual Search, Stroop, Corsi Blocks, and Rapid Visual Information Processing) prior to, at half-time, and immediately following a competitive match (or control trial of seated rest); with effect sizes (ES) presented as raw ES from mixed effect models. Blood samples were collected prior to and following the match and control trial, and analyzed for adrenaline, noradrenaline, brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), cathepsin B, and cortisol. The match improved response times for a simple perception task at full-time (ES = -14 ms;

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Identifiers

PMID35308610
PMCPMC8930852
OpenAlexW4214924322

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