Do Athletes Have More of a Cognitive Profile with ADHD Criteria than Non-Athletes?
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Measurements
2.3. Procedure
2.4. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Descriptive Analyis
3.2. Main Analysis
4. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Athletes | Controls | |||
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M | SD | M | SD | |
ASRS (school) | 27.16 | 10.16 | 6.48 | 6.15 |
ASRS (leisure) AQ | 8.76 14.30 | 6.16 4.05 | 6.09 14.24 | 5.71 4.91 |
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Ekman, E.; Hiltunen, A.; Gustafsson, H. Do Athletes Have More of a Cognitive Profile with ADHD Criteria than Non-Athletes? Sports 2021, 9, 61. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports9050061
Ekman E, Hiltunen A, Gustafsson H. Do Athletes Have More of a Cognitive Profile with ADHD Criteria than Non-Athletes? Sports. 2021; 9(5):61. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports9050061
Chicago/Turabian StyleEkman, Elizabeth, Arto Hiltunen, and Henrik Gustafsson. 2021. "Do Athletes Have More of a Cognitive Profile with ADHD Criteria than Non-Athletes?" Sports 9, no. 5: 61. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports9050061
APA StyleEkman, E., Hiltunen, A., & Gustafsson, H. (2021). Do Athletes Have More of a Cognitive Profile with ADHD Criteria than Non-Athletes? Sports, 9(5), 61. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports9050061