Citation

Andelinović M, Titlić M, Andelinović D. Coll. Antropol. 2015; 39(3): 641-645.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Croatian Anthropological Society)

DOI

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PMID

26898060

Abstract

Football (soccer) is definitely one of the most popular sports in the world. The International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) estimates that there are more than 40 million registered players in the world and that there is similar number of those who are not registered.

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.

Language: en