Executive functions and football performance. Design and evaluation of an intervention program

The relationship between neuropsychological variables and skills in the sports field is known.Taken into account that soccer is one of the most practiced sports in the world, it is important to analyze the study of these variables in this sport, as well as to develop interventions that indirectly contribute to improve sports ability. The present research aimed to find out the effects of an intervention program in which the executive functions were trained in order to improve soccer performance. An intervention program was developed with a total of 29 participants between eight to ten years old, who regularly practice soccer. The executive functions measurement test was carried out through the BRIEF-2 questionnaire.The results point to a positive relationship between executive function and soccer performance.Es conocida la relación entre variables neuropsicológicas y destrezas en el ámbito deportivo. Dado que el fútbol es uno de los deportes más practicados en el mundo, es importante analizar el estudio de estas variables en dicho deporte, así como desarrollar intervenciones que contribuyan a mejorar la habilidad deportiva de forma indirecta. La presente investigación tuvo por objetivo averiguar los efectos de un programa de intervención en el que se trabajaron las funciones ejecutivas (FEs) con la finalidad de mejorar el rendimiento en el fútbol. Se llevó a cabo una intervención en la que participaron un total de 29 sujetos de edades comprendidas entre ocho y diez años, que practicaban fútbol de forma habitual. Se realizó una evaluación final para la medición de las funciones ejecutivas, a través del cuestionario para la Evaluación Conductual de la Función Ejecutiva-2 (BRIEF-2). Los resultados apuntan a una relación positiva entre las funciones ejecutiva y el rendimiento en el fútbol

ISARIC-COVID-19 dataset: A Prospective, Standardized, Global Dataset of Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19

The International Severe Acute Respiratory and Emerging Infection Consortium (ISARIC) COVID-19 dataset is one of the largest international databases of prospectively collected clinical data on people hospitalized with COVID-19. This dataset was compiled during the COVID-19 pandemic by a network of hospitals that collect data using the ISARIC-World Health Organization Clinical Characterization Protocol and data tools. The database includes data from more than 705,000 patients, collected in more than 60 countries and 1,500 centres worldwide. Patient data are available from acute hospital admissions with COVID-19 and outpatient follow-ups. The data include signs and symptoms, pre-existing comorbidities, vital signs, chronic and acute treatments, complications, dates of hospitalization and discharge, mortality, viral strains, vaccination status, and other data. Here, we present the dataset characteristics, explain its architecture and how to gain access, and provide tools to facilitate its use