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DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1220732
© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York
Saccades and Prefrontal Hemodynamics in Basketball Players
Publication History
accepted after revision February 26, 2009
Publication Date:
30 June 2009 (online)

Abstract
We investigated saccade performance and prefrontal hemodynamics in basketball players with different skill levels. Subjects were 27 undergraduate basketball players and 13 non-athlete undergraduates (control group: CON). The players were divided into two groups: those who had played in the National Athletic Meet during high school or played regularly (n=13, elite group: ELI) and those who were bench warmers (n=14, skilled group: SKI). Horizontal eye movement and oxy-, deoxy-, and total-hemoglobin (Hb) concentration in the prefrontal cortex during pro- and anti-saccade were measured using electro-oculography and near-infrared spectroscopy, respectively. Only error rate in anti-saccade was less in ELI (4.8±4.0%) than SKI (13.7±12.6%) and CON (13.9±8.3%) (p<0.05). In ELI alone, oxy- (−0.15±0.18 mmol*mm) and total-Hb (−0.12±0.15 mmol*mm) during anti-saccade decreased significantly compared with that during rest (p<0.05), while those in CON significantly increased (oxy-Hb: 0.17±0.15 mmol*mm, total-Hb: 0.14±0.14 mmol*mm) (p<0.05). These results suggest that inhibition of eye movement to a visual target changes from voluntary to automatic through the motor learning of basketball.
Key words
Anti-saccade - prefrontal hemodynamics - basketball - motor skill - near-infrared spectroscopy
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Correspondence
Dr. K. Fujiwara
Department of Human Movement and Health
Graduate School of Medical Science
Kanazawa University
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920-8640 Kanazawa
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