Effects of bright light treatment on psychomotor speed in athletes

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 5 MAY, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Tulppo, Mikko P ^a   Jurvelin, Heidi ^b   Roivainen, Eka ^a   Nissilä, Juuso ^b   Hautala, Arto J ^a   Kiviniemi, Antti M ^a   Kiviniemi, Vesa J ^b   Takala, Timo ^c  

^a Department of Exercise and Medical Physiology Verve ^*  (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c OULU DEACONESS INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cognition; Ice hockey; Motor speed; Seasonal darkness; Transcranial treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; ICE HOCKEY; MEDICAL DEVICE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; SLEEP QUALITY; TRANSCRANIAL BRIGHT LIGHT DEVICE; TRANSCRANIAL BRIGHT LIGHT TREATMENT; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 84904308256     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2014.00184     Document Type: Article

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