Ali Akbar Jaberi Moghaddam; Ahmad Farokhi; Mostafa Khani
Abstract
Boxing is one of the organized high-contact sports that requires purposefulpunches to the head and body of the opponent in both amateur and professionallevels, so traumatic head injury in boxers isn’t impossible. In this type of injury,though intact cognitive functions, it is possible that total ...
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Boxing is one of the organized high-contact sports that requires purposefulpunches to the head and body of the opponent in both amateur and professionallevels, so traumatic head injury in boxers isn’t impossible. In this type of injury,though intact cognitive functions, it is possible that total cognitive beneficiarybecome impaired as a result of distractibility, imperfect concentration, andaftermath fatigue. Thus, purpose of this study was to investigate attentionaldisorders in amateur boxing. Subjects of the study were 30 male experiencedamateur boxers (more than 4 years background, age= 24±3.1) as experimentalgroup, and 30 male novice amateur boxers (less than 1 year background,age=25±4.2) and 30 male 400 and 800 meter runners (age= 24±2.7) as controlgroups. We used DAUF continuous attention test to assess attentional component.In order to data analyzing was used MANOVA in the significance level of 0.05.Findings showed that in none of variables there were significant differencebetween groups (P>0.05), meaning that amateur boxing periods even longer than4 years doesn't lead to attentional disorders. Based on our findings, it is concludedthat intensity of punches in amateur boxing doesn't reach to threshold that lead tobrain damage at least in regions which control visual attention.
