Effects of exercise intervention on event-related potential and task performance indices of attention networks in
Chia-Liang Tsai1, Chun-Hao Wang, Yu-Ting Tseng
1Institute of Physical Education, Health and Leisure Studies, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, ROC. andytsai@mail.ncku.edu.tw
Insights
Soccer training improved inhibitory control and neuroelectric responses in children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD). This intervention enhanced brain activity (ERPs) and task performance, suggesting a beneficial effect for DCD.
Area of Science:
- Neuroscience
- Developmental Psychology
- Sports Science
Background:
- Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) is characterized by motor difficulties.
- Children with DCD often exhibit deficits in executive functions, including inhibitory control.
- Neuroelectric indices, such as event-related potentials (ERPs), can reveal underlying cognitive processing differences.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the effects of 10-week soccer training on inhibitory control and neuroelectric indices in children with DCD.
- To compare the performance and brain activity of children with DCD undergoing soccer training to typically developing children and a DCD control group.
- To determine if soccer training can ameliorate deficits in inhibitory control and alter neuroelectric patterns in children with DCD.
Main Methods:
- Fifty-one children (typically developing, DCD-training, DCD non-training) were assessed using the "for Children" test.
- Visuospatial attention orienting task with lower extremities and concurrent electroencephalography (EEG) recording of event-related potentials (ERPs) were performed before and after the 10-week intervention.
- Behavioral data (response time, accuracy) and neuroelectric data (P3 amplitude, P3 latency) were analyzed.
Main Results:
- Children with DCD showed slower responses and impaired inhibitory control in lower extremities compared to typically developing peers.
- Before training, DCD groups exhibited smaller P3 amplitude and slower P3 latency.
- After soccer training, the DCD-training group demonstrated improved inhibitory control and normalized P3 latency.
Conclusions:
- Soccer training significantly enhanced inhibitory control and neuroelectric indices in children with DCD.
- The findings suggest that soccer training is a viable intervention for improving cognitive and neurophysiological functions in children with DCD.
- Motor-based interventions like soccer can positively impact executive functions and brain activity in developmental disorders.
Abstract:
The study investigated whether 10-week soccer training can benefit the inhibitory control and neuroelectric indices in children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD). Fifty-one children were divided into groups of typically developing (TD, n=21), DCD-training (n=16), and DCD non-training (n=14) individuals using the for Children test, and, before and after training, were assessed with the visuospatial attention orienting task with their lower extremities, while brain event-related potentials (ERPs) were concurrently recorded. The results indicated that, when compared to TD children, children with DCD responded significantly more slowly across conditions of the visuospatial attention orienting task and showed a deficit of inhibitory control capacity in their lower extremities, whereas no group differences were observed for the accuracy rate. Neuroelectric data indicated that, before training, P3 amplitude was smaller and P3 latency was slower for both DCD groups compared to TD children across conditions of the visuospatial attention orienting task; after training, the beneficial effects were seen in the strength of inhibitory control and P3 latency in the DCD-training group. The data suggest that soccer training resulted in significant improvements in ERP and task performance indices for the children with DCD.
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