A systematic review and coordinate-based meta-analysis of resting-state fMRI in athletes from open and closed skills sports.

ABSTRACT: The impact of prolonged sports training on athletes' brain functional activity remains inconclusive. A systematic review and coordinate-based meta-analysis of resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-MRI) is necessary to identify functional connectivity changes induced by prolonged sports training. A total of 31 studies were included in the systematic review, and 18 studies with 347 non-athletes and 327 athletes were analyzed using coordinate-based activation likelihood estimation (ALE) and seed-based d mapping with permutation of subject images (SDM-PSI) meta-analysis. Results revealed that greater functional connectivity in athletes in the paracentral lobule, medial frontal gyrus, precuneus, inferior parietal lobule, supramarginal gyrus, inferior frontal gyrus, Rolandic op

SUBMITTER: Yan Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12214797 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature