TY  - JOUR
A1  - Wilke, Jan
A1  - Groneberg, Jan David Alexander
A1  - Banzer, Winfried
A1  - Giesche, Florian
T1  - Perceptual-cognitive function and unplanned athletic movement task performance: a systematic review
T2  - International journal of environmental research and public health
N2  - The performance of choice-reaction tasks during athletic movement has been demonstrated to evoke unfavorable biomechanics in the lower limb. However, the mechanism of this observation is unknown. We conducted a systematic review examining the association between (1) the biomechanical and functional safety of unplanned sports-related movements (e.g., jumps/runs with a spontaneously indicated landing leg/cutting direction) and (2) markers of perceptual–cognitive function (PCF). A literature search in three databases (PubMed, ScienceDirect and Google Scholar) identified five relevant articles. The study quality, rated by means of a modified Downs and Black checklist, was moderate to high (average: 13/16 points). Four of five papers, in at least one parameter, found either an association of PCF with task safety or significantly reduced task safety in low vs. high PCF performers. However, as (a) the outcomes, populations and statistical methods of the included trials were highly heterogeneous and (b) only two out of five studies had an adequate control condition (pre-planned movement task), the evidence was classified as conflicting. In summary, PCF may represent a factor affecting injury risk and performance during unplanned sports-related movements, but future research strengthening the evidence for this association is warranted.
KW  - unanticipated
KW  - decision-making
KW  - brain function
KW  - sports
KW  - athletes
KW  - cognition
Y1  - 2020
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/56865
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-568651
SN  - 1660-4601
VL  - 17
IS  - 20, art. 7481
PB  - MDPI
CY  - Basel
ER  -