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Authors

Sokolova Lyudmila Vladimirovna, Institute of Natural Sciences and Technologies, Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov (Arkhangelsk, Russia) 

Abstract

The authors performed a longitudinal study into the functional state of the central nervous system (CNS) in 30 combat athletes at the age of 12 and 14. This age group was chosen, on the one hand, due to the complex morphological and functional changes in the body (including those in the nervous system) during that period. Typical changes in the hormonal status of the growing body and intensifying metabolic processes often increase the activation of the nervous system, destabilize nervous processes and reduce control functions. On the other hand, this is the medically recommended age to start doing martial arts. The CNS functional state was evaluated by the time of the simple and complex visual-motor responses, reflecting information processing in CNS structures. We assessed key characteristics of attention: concentration, stability, and distribution. The study revealed positive dynamics of the simple and complex visual-motor responses in combat athletes between the age of 12 and 14, which indicates acceleration of information processing in the central structures of the nervous system in these children and reflects progressive changes in the functional state of the CNS. This is confirmed by greater response stability and better functional abilities of 14-year-olds. From 12 to 14 years, the concentration, stability and distribution of attention in the surveyed boys was growing, which indicates better attention and control functions in children doing martial arts. The results obtained show that regular practice of martial arts has a beneficial effect on the growing body without reducing the rate of ontogenetic development.

Keywords

combat athletes, functional state of the central nervous system, visual-motor response, training load.

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