Differences in the neurocognitive profiles of professional and semi-professional male South African rugby union players. Issue 2 (4th March 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kruger, Ankebé; Du Plooy, Kobus; Kruger, Pieter
• Is Part Of: Journal of psychology in Africa. Volume 29:Issue 2(2019)
• Page Start: 172
• Page End: 175
• Publication Date: 2019-03-04
• Subjects: cognition -- rugby union -- sport performance -- team sport; Psychology -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Periodicals; Psychology -- Latin America -- Periodicals; Black people -- Latin America -- Psychology -- Periodicals; Black people -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Psychology -- Periodicals; 155.8496
• DOI: 10.1080/14330237.2019.1594634
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1433-0237

Abstract

Abstract : This study investigated possible cognitive functioning profile differences between professional and semi-professional rugby players. Seventy-nine male rugby union players (professional = 55, semi-professional = 24; age range = 19–37 years) participated in the study. The players completed a battery of neuropsychological functioning tests covering the following domains: memory tasks, attention and behavioural tasks, sensory-motor tasks, executive functioning tasks, verbal tasks, and emotion identification tasks. Results following Fisher's exact test comparisons revealed no significant group differences in the cognitive functioning profiles.