Effects of Nature Exposure Intervention on Soccer Performance Among Mentally Fatigued University Players

NCT04693481 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: JKEUPM-2020-327
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 60
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The current study is going to investigate the nature exposure intervention on the ability of self-regulation and decision-making skills among mentally fatigued soccer players. The subjects will be instructed to view some nature photos, which can facilitate the recovering process for directed attention and the ability of self-regulation. Thus, to see the improvement in decision-making skills.

Conditions

Mental Fatigue

Keywords

decision-making skills; self-regulation; mental fatigue; soccer performance

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Heart Rate Variability (HRV) will be the indicator of physiological self-regulation and measured by Polar H10 HRV belt

  Before and after the intervention, the HRV will be measured to see the differences.

  2 weeks

• State anxiety will be the indicator of psychological self-regulation and measured by Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2

  Before and after the intervention, the state anxiety will be measured to see the differences. The arrange of scores of Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2 is 9-36. The higher scores mean higher cognitive and physical anxiety, as well as state confidence.

  2 weeks

• The soccer decision-making skills will be measured by TacticUP soccer performance online system

  Before and after the intervention, the decision-making skills will be measured to see the differences. The arrange of score in TacticUp is 0-100. The higher score, the better decision-making skill.

  2 weeks

Study Arms (4)

experimental group: 5 seconds for each photo

EXPERIMENTAL

receive the intervention, which is viewing each nature photo for 5 seconds

Other: nature exposure

experimental group: 15 seconds for each photo

EXPERIMENTAL

receive the intervention, which is viewing each nature photo for 15 seconds

Other: nature exposure

experimental group: 30 seconds for each photo

EXPERIMENTAL

receive the intervention, which is viewing each nature photo for 30 seconds

Other: nature exposure

control group

NO INTERVENTION

not receive the intervention, which is viewing each nature photo for 0 seconds.

Interventions

nature exposure OTHER

Nature exposure has different ways, such as walk in the real nature environment; viewing nature photos. Two main reasons make this study will not use the real nature environment: (1) the limitation of time before or amid the soccer competition; (2) the pandemic situation does not allow people go outside as frequently as before. Therefore, the current study will select some nature photos, which are restorative environments and can restore directed attention to counteract mental fatigue.

experimental group: 15 seconds for each photo; experimental group: 30 seconds for each photo; experimental group: 5 seconds for each photo

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 24 Years
• Sex: male
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• The selection of the participants will be every position without the goalkeeper. The age of them will be at 18-24 years. Only male players will be selected. Players should have at least played from the senior school and have 3 years' training experience.

You may not qualify if:

• The study will exclude color blindness, for the Stroop task will involve color. Self-reports should be free of any known disease or sleep disorder and not currently taking any medication.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Universiti Putra Malaysia: lead

Study Sites (1)

Sun He

Zhengzhou, Henan, 450000, China

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Mental Fatigue; Self-Control

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Fatigue; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior; Social Behavior

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal investigator

Model Details: Randomly assign subjects into the experimental groups and the control group

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 28, 2020
• First Posted: January 5, 2021
• Study Start: March 10, 2021
• Primary Completion: June 5, 2021
• Study Completion: June 20, 2021
• Last Updated: June 30, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-06

Locations

CN (1)