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The Relationship between Cognitive Performance and Quality of Life in Elite Athletes after Spinal Cord Injury
Background: The present investigation was designed to determine cognitive performance and quality of life (QoL) in a group of elite athletes who sustained spinal cord injury (SCI). Methods: nine participants suffering a SCI participated in the study. Different cognitive functions were evaluated thro...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8775381/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35055769 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19020948 |
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author | Goraczko, Agata Zurek, Alina Lachowicz, Maciej Kujawa, Katarzyna Zurek, Grzegorz |
author_facet | Goraczko, Agata Zurek, Alina Lachowicz, Maciej Kujawa, Katarzyna Zurek, Grzegorz |
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description | Background: The present investigation was designed to determine cognitive performance and quality of life (QoL) in a group of elite athletes who sustained spinal cord injury (SCI). Methods: nine participants suffering a SCI participated in the study. Different cognitive functions were evaluated through the following tests: COWAT, Digit Span, Stroop color–word and QoL through the WHOQoL-BREF scale. Results: Generally, participants positively assessed their overall quality of life and health status. Although the tests conducted indicate reduced cognitive function among the athletes, it did not affect the reduction in QoL. Single correlations between the results of cognitive tests and QoL could be treated as coincidental. Conclusions: Despite the observed decline in selected cognitive functions, the participants positively assessed their quality of life and physical health.Reduced cognitive functioning could be influenced by the impact of sleep-disordered breathing, pain, depressive disorders and medication. This indicates the need for an individualized approach to define the patient’s deficits, needs and best care. Further studies with a larger group of participants are needed. |
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spelling | pubmed-87753812022-01-21 The Relationship between Cognitive Performance and Quality of Life in Elite Athletes after Spinal Cord Injury Goraczko, Agata Zurek, Alina Lachowicz, Maciej Kujawa, Katarzyna Zurek, Grzegorz Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Background: The present investigation was designed to determine cognitive performance and quality of life (QoL) in a group of elite athletes who sustained spinal cord injury (SCI). Methods: nine participants suffering a SCI participated in the study. Different cognitive functions were evaluated through the following tests: COWAT, Digit Span, Stroop color–word and QoL through the WHOQoL-BREF scale. Results: Generally, participants positively assessed their overall quality of life and health status. Although the tests conducted indicate reduced cognitive function among the athletes, it did not affect the reduction in QoL. Single correlations between the results of cognitive tests and QoL could be treated as coincidental. Conclusions: Despite the observed decline in selected cognitive functions, the participants positively assessed their quality of life and physical health.Reduced cognitive functioning could be influenced by the impact of sleep-disordered breathing, pain, depressive disorders and medication. This indicates the need for an individualized approach to define the patient’s deficits, needs and best care. Further studies with a larger group of participants are needed. MDPI 2022-01-15 /pmc/articles/PMC8775381/ /pubmed/35055769 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19020948 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Goraczko, Agata Zurek, Alina Lachowicz, Maciej Kujawa, Katarzyna Zurek, Grzegorz The Relationship between Cognitive Performance and Quality of Life in Elite Athletes after Spinal Cord Injury |
title | The Relationship between Cognitive Performance and Quality of Life in Elite Athletes after Spinal Cord Injury |
title_full | The Relationship between Cognitive Performance and Quality of Life in Elite Athletes after Spinal Cord Injury |
title_fullStr | The Relationship between Cognitive Performance and Quality of Life in Elite Athletes after Spinal Cord Injury |
title_full_unstemmed | The Relationship between Cognitive Performance and Quality of Life in Elite Athletes after Spinal Cord Injury |
title_short | The Relationship between Cognitive Performance and Quality of Life in Elite Athletes after Spinal Cord Injury |
title_sort | relationship between cognitive performance and quality of life in elite athletes after spinal cord injury |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8775381/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35055769 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19020948 |
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