Louise Barry, Sylvia Murphy Tighe, Anne Griffin, Damien Ryan, Margaret O'Connor, Christine Fitzgerald, Siobhan Egan, Rose Galvin, Pauline Meskell
A qualitative evidence synthesis (QES) exploring the barriers and facilitators to screening in emergency departments using the theoretical domains framework
BMC health services research
study investigates relationship frequency basketball training executive functions inhibitory control working memory cognitive flexibility boys aged 6 8 total 40 boys recruited local afterschool basketball training club divided lowfrequency group week highfrequency group least twice week additional 20 agematched boys recruited local elementary school considered control group training experience subjects conducted stopsignal task nback task switching task rest mean reaction time accuracy data obtained task used statistical analysis significant group difference either accuracy reaction time inhibitory control meanwhile significant difference found reaction time working memory across groups however highfrequency group exhibited significantly higher accuracy 9300 431 regard working memory lowfrequency group 854 604 p 0001 control group 8373 770 p 0001 respectively positive correlation also found accuracy working memory groups furthermore comparison control group highfrequency group exhibited significantly higher cognitive flexibility accuracy 9193 740 vs 8570 975 p 0004 shorter reaction time 93424 21302 ms vs 112206 29914 ms p 0001 also positive correlation accuracy cognitive flexibility groups findings suggest regular basketball training especially higher frequency beneficial working memory cognitive flexibilityin boys aged 6 8