Original scientific paper
Functional Changes of P300 Values among Young Football Players as a Measure of a Cognitive Function
Maja Anđelinović
; Centre of Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, Croatia
Marina Titlić
; School of Medicine, University of Split, Split Department of Neurology, Split University Hospital, Split, Croatia
Deny Anđelinović
; School of Medicine, University of Split, Split Department of Dermatovenerology, Split University Hospital, Split, Croatia
Abstract
Numerous studies have shown that evaluation of evoked potentials (EP) is an excellent estimation tool for a cognitive function. During daily practices footballers are exposed to headers that can leave mild head traumas. In this study, young footballers were examined, while the control group included their coevals who don’t practice contact sports. Results of the study have shown that footballers have longer latency value of the P300 wave when target stimulus is presented on N1, N2 and P3, but not on P2. Also, they have longer latency values when non-target stimulus is presented. Amplitude values of target stimulus are not different, but footballers have lower amplitudes of non-target stimulus. This study suggests that EP evaluation method can be used to detect first and mild changes of the brain function.
Keywords
young football players; evoked potentials; latency; amplitudes; cognitive changes
Hrčak ID:
166268
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Publication date:
20.11.2015.
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