PMID- 35992939
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20220823
IS  - 1662-5161 (Print)
IS  - 1662-5161 (Electronic)
IS  - 1662-5161 (Linking)
VI  - 16
DP  - 2022
TI  - Association between tennis training experience and executive function in children 
      aged 8-12.
PG  - 924809
LID - 10.3389/fnhum.2022.924809 [doi]
LID - 924809
AB  - Cognitively engaging activities have been shown to facilitate the improvement of 
      executive functions in children. However, a limited number of studies have 
      investigated whether the relationship between dose parameters of physical 
      activities and executive functions, and heterogeneity exists. In the present 
      study, we aim to explore the association between tennis training experience and 
      executive functions in children. Sixty children between the ages of 8 and 12 were 
      recruited in this study and were allocated to the short-term (ST) group (<12 
      months, n = 30) and the long-term (LT) group (more than 12 months, n = 30). The 
      abilities of inhibitory control, cognitive flexibility, and working memory were 
      measured by the Stop-signal task, Switching task, and N-back task, respectively. 
      There was no significant group difference in either the accuracy or reaction time 
      of the Stop-signal task. No significant difference between the groups' accuracy 
      in the Switching task was observed. However, the LT group presented a shorter 
      reaction time than the ST group (731.69 +/- 149.23 ms vs. 857.15 +/- 157.99 ms, P < 
      0.01) in the Switching task. Additionally, training experience was positively 
      associated with the reaction time of the Switching task. As for the N-back task, 
      in comparison with the LT group, the ST group showed a longer reaction time 
      (711.37 +/- 168.14 ms vs. 164.75 +/- 635.88 ms, P < 0.05). Moreover, training 
      experience was also positively associated with the reaction time of the N-back 
      task. But there was no significant group difference in the accuracy of the N-back 
      task. In conclusion, children trained for over 1 year have better performance in 
      cognitive flexibility and working memory than those trained in <1 year; thus, 
      tennis experience is positively associated with executive functions.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2022 Xu, Zhang, Zhang, Wang, Luo and Ni.
FAU - Xu, Yue
AU  - Xu Y
AD  - School of Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation, Beijing Sport University, Beijing, 
      China.
FAU - Zhang, Wanxia
AU  - Zhang W
AD  - School of Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation, Beijing Sport University, Beijing, 
      China.
FAU - Zhang, Hanfeng
AU  - Zhang H
AD  - School of Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation, Beijing Sport University, Beijing, 
      China.
AD  - Sports Education Department, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China.
FAU - Wang, Lijuan
AU  - Wang L
AD  - School of Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation, Beijing Sport University, Beijing, 
      China.
FAU - Luo, Yanlin
AU  - Luo Y
AD  - Department of Neurobiology, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
FAU - Ni, Guoxin
AU  - Ni G
AD  - School of Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation, Beijing Sport University, Beijing, 
      China.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20220803
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Front Hum Neurosci
JT  - Frontiers in human neuroscience
JID - 101477954
PMC - PMC9381735
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - children
OT  - executive function
OT  - physical activity
OT  - tennis
OT  - training experience
COIS- The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any 
      commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential 
      conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2022/08/23 06:00
MHDA- 2022/08/23 06:01
PMCR- 2022/01/01
CRDT- 2022/08/22 04:35
PHST- 2022/04/20 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/07/14 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/08/22 04:35 [entrez]
PHST- 2022/08/23 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/08/23 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2022/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.3389/fnhum.2022.924809 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Front Hum Neurosci. 2022 Aug 3;16:924809. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2022.924809. 
      eCollection 2022.