年龄对基线神经认知表现的影响
Roshini Kalagara1, Eugene I Hrabarchuk1, Theodore C Hannah1
1Department of Neurosurgery, Icahn School of Medicine, at Mount Sinai, New York, USA.
Brain injury
|February 8, 2024
概括
随着运动员从12岁到22岁的年龄,他们的神经认知性能,特别是冲动控制,口头记忆和反应时间,显著提高. 然而,视觉记忆和症状得分在这个青少年运动员群体中仍然不受年龄的影响.
科学领域:
- 运动医学 运动医学
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
背景情况:
- 青少年运动员经历了显著的身体和认知发展.
- 了解神经认知功能与年龄相关的变化对于解释表现数据至关重要.
- 基线神经认知测试在运动员中很常见,但年龄对这些基线的影响需要进一步调查.
研究的目的:
- 评估时间学年龄对青少年运动员基线神经认知表现的独立影响.
- 确定哪些特定的神经认知领域受到这个人群年龄增长的影响.
主要方法:
- 利用了7454名年龄在12-22岁的运动员的IMPACT (即时脑震荡后评估和认知测试) 基线得分.
- 将运动员分为三个年龄组:12-14,15-17和18-22岁.
- 使用线性回归分析来评估年龄对各种ImPACT复合分数的影响,控制人口因素,药物使用和症状负担.
主要成果:
- 增加年龄与冲动控制 (p < 0.0001),口头记忆 (p = 0.03),视觉运动技能 (p < 0.0001) 和反应时间 (p < 0.0001) 的显著改善有关.
- 年龄没有显著影响症状得分 (p = 0.54) 或视觉记忆得分 (p = 0.07).
结论:
- 年龄独立地改变了冲动控制,语言记忆,视觉运动表现和青少年运动员的反应时间.
- 这些发现突出了青少年运动员群体中神经认知功能的发育变异.
- 该研究表明,由于与年龄相关的得分变化,需要每两年重复神经认知基线测试.
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