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Biglari M, Bahrami A, Sepahvand T. Executive functions in athletes, non-athletes and obese individuals. J Arak Uni Med Sci 2025; 28 (5)
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1- Arak University
2- Department of Motor Behavior and Sport Psychology, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Arak University, Arak, Iran ,A-bahramy@araku.ac.ir
3- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Arak University, Arak, Iran
2- Department of Motor Behavior and Sport Psychology, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Arak University, Arak, Iran ,
3- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Arak University, Arak, Iran
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Introduction: Choosing an active or inactive lifestyle can have important physical and cognitive consequences, that there is a need to pay more attention to the cognitive aspect in research. The present study was conducted with the aim of comparing executive functions in endurance athletes, resistance athletes, non-athletes and obese people.
Methods: The present study was a descriptive study with a causal comparative design. The statistical population of the research was men between the ages of 20 and 35years of Famenin city (Hamadan province), that 80 persons of them were selected in 4 groups: endurance athletes, resistance athletes, non-athletes, and obese people (20 subjects in each group). In order to measure executive functions, computerized Tower of London and N-back tests were used that the mentioned tests were used to measure the components of planning, problem solving and working memory, respectively. Statistical analysis of the data was done using one-way analysis of variance and Tukey's post-hoc tests at the level of p<0.05.
Results: The results showed that there is a significant difference between different groups in executive functions. In the planning and problem solving component, and also working memory the subjects of the non-athletes, resistance and endurance groups were better than the obese group, and the resistance and endurance athletes group performed better than the non-athletes group. In addition, the endurance group was better than the resistance group only in the planning and problem solving component, and there was no difference between them in working memory.
Conclusions: Weight control and performing the endurance and resistance exercises can be useful for people from the cognitive aspect, and maybe in some cognitive areas, endurance exercise be more useful than resistance exercise.
Methods: The present study was a descriptive study with a causal comparative design. The statistical population of the research was men between the ages of 20 and 35years of Famenin city (Hamadan province), that 80 persons of them were selected in 4 groups: endurance athletes, resistance athletes, non-athletes, and obese people (20 subjects in each group). In order to measure executive functions, computerized Tower of London and N-back tests were used that the mentioned tests were used to measure the components of planning, problem solving and working memory, respectively. Statistical analysis of the data was done using one-way analysis of variance and Tukey's post-hoc tests at the level of p<0.05.
Results: The results showed that there is a significant difference between different groups in executive functions. In the planning and problem solving component, and also working memory the subjects of the non-athletes, resistance and endurance groups were better than the obese group, and the resistance and endurance athletes group performed better than the non-athletes group. In addition, the endurance group was better than the resistance group only in the planning and problem solving component, and there was no difference between them in working memory.
Conclusions: Weight control and performing the endurance and resistance exercises can be useful for people from the cognitive aspect, and maybe in some cognitive areas, endurance exercise be more useful than resistance exercise.
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