Repetitive soccer heading adversely impacts short-term learning among adult women.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine the impact of 12-month heading exposure on short-term learning.

Design

A total of 105 active amateur soccer players, 45 women and 60 men, were administered an EMA-based test of working memory, a version of the two-back, once daily for 14 days.

Methods

Heading exposure of the participants was assessed using "HeadCount", a validated structured questionnaire at the baseline visits. The short-term rate of learning of each individual is quantified by first fitting a quadratic model to the daily performance on the two-back test over a two-week period, then taking the instantaneous rate of the quadratic function at the 7th test. A linear regression model was used to test the association of heading exposure with rates of learning, including age, sex, y

SUBMITTER: Ye K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10020927 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature