Matser J T, Kessels A G, Jordan B D, Lezak M D, Troost J
Department of Neuropsychology and Sportsneurology, St. Anna Hospital Geldrop, The Netherlands.
Neurology. 1998 Sep;51(3):791-6. doi: 10.1212/wnl.51.3.791.
To determine the presence of chronic traumatic brain injury in professional soccer players.
Fifty-three active professional soccer players from several professional Dutch soccer clubs were compared with a control group of 27 elite noncontact sport athletes. All participants underwent neuropsychological examination. The main outcome measures were neuropsychological tests proven to be sensitive to cognitive changes incurred during contact and collision sports.
The professional soccer players exhibited impaired performances in memory, planning, and visuoperceptual processing when compared with control subjects. Among professional soccer players, performance on memory, planning, and visuoperceptual tasks were inversely related to the number of concussions incurred in soccer and the frequency of "heading" the ball. Performance on neuropsychological testing also varied according to field position, with forward and defensive players exhibiting more impairment.
Participation in professional soccer may affect adversely some aspects of cognitive functioning (i.e., memory, planning, and visuoperceptual processing).
确定职业足球运动员中慢性创伤性脑损伤的存在情况。
将来自几家荷兰职业足球俱乐部的53名现役职业足球运动员与27名精英非接触性运动运动员组成的对照组进行比较。所有参与者均接受神经心理学检查。主要结局指标是经证实对接触性和碰撞性运动中发生的认知变化敏感的神经心理学测试。
与对照组相比，职业足球运动员在记忆、规划和视觉感知处理方面表现受损。在职业足球运动员中，记忆、规划和视觉感知任务的表现与足球比赛中发生的脑震荡次数以及头球次数呈负相关。神经心理学测试的表现也因场上位置而异，前锋和防守球员表现出更多损伤。
参与职业足球运动可能会对认知功能的某些方面（即记忆、规划和视觉感知处理）产生不利影响。
