Table 1 Studies included in the meta-analysis (n = 18).

From: A systematic review and coordinate-based meta-analysis of resting-state fMRI in athletes from open and closed skills sports

References

Sports

Skill types

Metrics

Athletes

Controls

Field

Score

(12)

N (M/F)

Age

TYs

N (M/F)

Age

Jin et al.66

Skeleton

Closed

FC/ALFF

11(6/5)

22.9 (0.5)

4 (1.1)

23 (8/15)

21.2 (2.2)

3.0 T

11

Qi et al.72

Table tennis

Open

fALFF

25 (12/13)

20.0 (1.7)

11.9 (2.7)

33 (16/17)

20.8 (1.7)

3.0 T

10

Yan et al.28

Endurance run

Closed

FC/ ReHo

28(14/14)

22.5 (3.1)

8.5 (2.7)

31 (15/16)

21.4 (1.9)

3.0 T

11

Zhang et al.35

Volleyball

Open

FC/ALFF/fALFF/ReHo

10(0/10)

21.0 (1.3)

10.3 (1.5)

10 (0/10)

20.4 (0.7)

3.0 T

8

Zhou et al.27

Football

Open

FC

28(0/28)

9.9 (2.7)

29 (0/29)

3.0 T

9

de la Cruz et al.65

Endurance run

Closed

FC

17 (17/0)

28.8 (4.8)

 ≥ 3

21 (21/0)

26 (6.1)

3.0 T

9

Cao et al.31

Endurance run

Closed

FC

22 (22/0)

26.3 (6.1)

6.2 (2.4)

20 (20/0)

24.6 (4.1)

3.0 T

9

Ogino et al.32

Boxing

Open

FC

21 (21/0)

26.7 (4.0)

22 (22/0)

27.2 (3.8)

3.0 T

11

Zhang et al.68

Ice-skating

Closed

FC/fALFF /ReHo

19(–/–)

20.8 (1.9)

10.8 (3.9)

15 (–/–)

21.9 (2.6)

3.0 T

9

Shi et al. 40

Soccer

Open

ALFF

20 (0/20)

19.3 (1.4)

10.8 (2.1)

15 (0/15)

18.9 (1.0)

3.0 T

9

Berti et al.64

Karate

Open

FC

14 (8/6)

23.7 (4.1)

14 (6.8)

14 (10/4)

24 (2.9)

1.5 T

10

Lu et al. 34

Ballroom dance

Closed

FC/ALFF

23 (0/23)

20.8 (1.6)

9 (3.3)

21 (0/21)

20.8 (0.8)

3.0 T

11

Liu et al.67

Diving

Closed

FC

15(6/9)

13.3 (1.6)

 > 4

15 (10/5)

14.3 (2.4)

3.0 T

11

Tan et al.22

Basketball

Open

FC

21 (21/0)

21.3 (1.3)

11.4 (2.3)

21 (21/0)

21.9 (0.8)

3.0 T

11

Kim et al.29

Sport dance

Closed

FC

12 (6/6)

21.9 (5.1)

6.8 (1.9)

12 (5/7)

22.1 (4.2)

3.0 T

10

Raichlen et al.21

Distance run

Closed

FC

11 (11/0)

21.6 (2.4)

11 (11/0)

20.6 (1.1)

3.0 T

10

Kim et al.36

Golf

Closed

FC

10 (0/10)

29 (2.3)

10 (2.1)

10 (0/10)

28.4 (3.1)

3.0 T

10

Di et al. 38

Badminton

Open

ALFF

20 (10/10)

22.5 (4.6)

8.9 (3.3)

18 (9/9)

20.7 (4.3)

3.0 T

10

  1. ALFF, amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation; fALFF, fractional ALFF; FC, functional connectivity; N (M/F), number (male/female); ReHo, regional homogeneity; TYs, training years.