Kim Jin Hyun, Han Joung Kyue, Kim Bung-Nyun, Han Doug Hyun
a Department of Sports , Chung Ang University Hospital , An Sung , Korea.
b Department of Psychiatry , Seoul National University Hospital , Seoul , Korea.
J Sports Sci. 2015;33(19):1980-7. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2015.1022570. Epub 2015 Mar 12.
Golf, as with most complex motor skills, requires multiple different brain functions, including attention, motor planning, coordination, calculation of timing, and emotional control. In this study we assessed the correlation between swing components and brain connectivity from the cerebellum to the cerebrum. Ten female golf players and 10 age-matched female controls were recruited. In order to determine swing consistency among participants, the standard deviation (SD) of the mean swing speed time and the SD of the mean swing angle were assessed over 30 swings. Functional brain connectivity was assessed by resting state functional MRI. Pro-golfers showed greater positive left cerebellum connectivity to the occipital lobe, temporal lobe, parietal lobe and both frontal lobes compared to controls. The SD of play scores was positively correlated with the SD of the impact angle. Constant swing speed and back swing angle in professional golfers were associated with functional connectivity (FC) between the cerebellum and parietal and frontal lobes. In addition, the constant impact angle in professional golfers was associated with improved golf scores and additional FC of the thalamus.
高尔夫运动与大多数复杂的运动技能一样，需要多种不同的大脑功能，包括注意力、运动规划、协调、时间计算和情绪控制。在本研究中，我们评估了挥杆动作各组成部分与从小脑到大脑的脑连接之间的相关性。招募了10名女性高尔夫球手和10名年龄匹配的女性对照者。为了确定参与者之间挥杆动作的一致性，在30次挥杆过程中评估了平均挥杆速度时间的标准差（SD）和平均挥杆角度的标准差。通过静息态功能磁共振成像评估大脑功能连接。与对照组相比，职业高尔夫球手左侧小脑与枕叶、颞叶、顶叶以及双侧额叶之间的正向连接更强。击球得分的标准差与击球角度的标准差呈正相关。职业高尔夫球手挥杆速度和后摆角度的稳定性与小脑和顶叶及额叶之间的功能连接（FC）有关。此外，职业高尔夫球手击球角度的稳定性与高尔夫得分的提高以及丘脑额外的功能连接有关。
