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Cognitive Resilience-Quantifying Cognitive Performance Loss Following High-Intensity Motor-Cognitive Reactive Agility

Beatriz Jordao¹, Thorben Hülsdünker^1,2

¹Department of Sport,LUNEX, Differdange, Luxembourg.

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Summary

High-intensity motor-cognitive exercise significantly impairs executive functions in athletes. Cognitive resilience is more influenced by exercise intensity and type than by running distance or physical exertion.

Keywords:

cognition diagnostics executive functions fatigue team ball sports

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Area of Science:

Sports Science
Cognitive Neuroscience
Exercise Physiology

Background:

High-level athletes engage in demanding motor-cognitive tasks.
Understanding cognitive resilience under physical load is crucial for performance.
Reactive agility exercises challenge both physical and cognitive systems.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate cognitive resilience in high-level athletes during repetitive motor-cognitive reactive agility exercise.
To assess the impact of varying exercise intensities and durations on executive functions.
To determine the influence of exercise type on cognitive performance stability.

Main Methods:

Thirty-seven high-level team ball sports athletes performed 6 all-out reactive agility runs (50m, 100m, 150m).
Cognitive executive performance was measured using reaction time, error rate, and inverse efficiency score via SKILLCOURT technology.
Physical load was monitored through heart rate, rate of perceived exertion, and lactate concentrations.

Main Results:

Cognitive performance significantly declined post-exercise, indicated by a higher inverse efficiency score (P < .001).
Significant cognitive decrements were observed after all running distances (50m, 100m, 150m).
Physical fatigue increased with running distance, but this did not differentially affect cognitive performance decline.

Conclusions:

High-intensity motor-cognitive exercise impairs executive functioning in athletes.
Exercise intensity and type are stronger determinants of cognitive performance than duration or physical exertion.
Assessing cognitive resilience is vital for understanding performance stability under demanding conditions.