International Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Open Access
ISSN: 2329-9096
+44 1300 500008
ISSN: 2329-9096
+44 1300 500008
Department of Physical Education, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan, China
Research Article
Effects of a 16-week Basketball-Focused Sports Intervention on the Executive Functions of Male Attendees at a Compulsory-Isolation Drug Rehabilitation Centre
Author(s): Leqin Chen*, Yini Wu, Yanjun He and Qianqian Li
Research has shown that sports and exercise may be an effective treatment for drug rehabilitation. This study examines the
effects of basketball on the executive functions of male attendees at a compulsory-isolation drug rehabilitation centre. Data
were collected from 40 male participants via convenience sampling from a compulsory-isolation drug rehabilitation centre
in Linfen, Shanxi Province and divided into an intervention and a control group. The intervention group participated in
16 weeks of a basketball sports intervention, while the control group received the usual interventions. At three time points-
baseline, 8 weeks after the intervention, and 16 weeks after the intervention, three components of the participants’ executive
functions-inhibition, updating, and shifting—were assessed using Flanker tasks, 2-back tasks, and more-odd shifting.. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2329-9096.23.11.663