Increased Cortical Activity in Novices Compared to Experts During Table Tennis: A Whole-Brain fNIRS Study Using Threshold-Free Cluster Enhancement Analysis.
Near-infrared spectroscopy
Neural efficiency
Neuroplasticity
Table tennis
Threshold-free cluster enhancement
Unconstrained environments
Whole-brain
Journal
Brain topography
ISSN: 1573-6792
Titre abrégé: Brain Topogr
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8903034
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
07 2023
07 2023
Historique:
received:
24
11
2022
accepted:
15
04
2023
medline:
28
6
2023
pubmed:
29
4
2023
entrez:
29
4
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
There is a growing interest to understand the neural underpinnings of high-level sports performance including expertise-related differences in sport-specific skills. Here, we aimed to investigate whether expertise level and task complexity modulate the cortical hemodynamics of table tennis players. 35 right-handed table tennis players (17 experts/18 novices) were recruited and performed two table tennis strokes (forehand and backhand) and a randomized combination of them. Cortical hemodynamics, as a proxy for cortical activity, were recorded using functional near-infrared spectroscopy, and the behavioral performance (i.e., target accuracy) was assessed via video recordings. Expertise- and task-related differences in cortical hemodynamics were analyzed using nonparametric threshold-free cluster enhancement. In all conditions, table tennis experts showed a higher target accuracy than novices. Furthermore, we observed expertise-related differences in widespread clusters compromising brain areas being associated with sensorimotor and multisensory integration. Novices exhibited, in general, higher activation in those areas as compared to experts. We also identified task-related differences in cortical activity including frontal, sensorimotor, and multisensory brain areas. The present findings provide empirical support for the neural efficiency hypothesis since table tennis experts as compared to novices utilized a lower amount of cortical resources to achieve superior behavioral performance. Furthermore, our findings suggest that the task complexity of different table tennis strokes is mirrored in distinct cortical activation patterns. Whether the latter findings can be useful to monitor or tailor sport-specific training interventions necessitates further investigations.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37119404
doi: 10.1007/s10548-023-00963-y
pii: 10.1007/s10548-023-00963-y
pmc: PMC10293405
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
500-516Informations de copyright
© 2023. The Author(s).
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