Cognition in soccer and futsal: evidence of validity of a 4-instrument protocol to assess executive functioning among women athletes

Table 2 Descriptive statistics of the sample considering executive functions, season soccer stats and demographics

Variable		Descriptive Statistics			95% CI
Variable		Mean	SD	SEM	Lower	Higher
Demographic
Number of matches played in the season		22.20	14.56	2.04	9.68	34.72
Age		28.94	8.76	1.23	21.41	36.47
Education (in years)		11.86	4.72	.66	7.80	15.92
Soccer (season) statistics
Total number of goals in the season		3.47	4.70	.66	.27	7.51
Total number of assists in the season		2.40	2.51	.35	.24	4.56
Total shots given per game		1.33	1.02	.14	.45	2.21
Shots in the target given per game		.35	.13	.02	.24	.46
Total passes given per game		41.87	14.10	1.97	29.74	54.00
Correct passes given per game		35.90	13.16	1.84	24.58	47.22
Total dribble attempts per game		2.88	2.26	.32	.94	4.82
Successful dribbles per game		1.72	1.45	.20	.47	2.97
Executive Functions
Corsi Blocks		6.60	.56	.08	6.12	7.08
Trail Making Test	Time	16.83	3.56	.50	13.77	19.89
	Errors	.16	.46	.07	.04	.30
Trail Making Test	Time	28.59	9.34	1.31	20.56	36.62
	Errors	.15	.47	.07	.03	.28
Stroop test		24.83	4.84	.68	20.67	28.99
Five-points Test		19.73	6.43	.90	14.20	25.26

TMT-A stands for Trail Making Test, trial A, whereas TMT-B stands for Trail Making Test, trial B

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