The Cognitive Functioning of Young Athletes Including Bioelectrical Brain Function

NCT04753047 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: UGdansk
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 179
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 2

Brief Summary

The project focuses on two central issues:

1. 1.The impact of intensity of sport on the cognitive functioning and brain waves of children in late childhood (10-12 years old);
2. 2.The specific impact of individual forms of sporting competitions classified according to dynamic, static components as well as closed / open skill exercise. The variables will be age, gender, and fluid intelligence. Additionally, children's temperament will be examined in order to assess its relationship with the preferences for choosing a particular type of sport activity and the intensity of this activity.

Conditions

Cognitive Function

Keywords

cognitive function; sport; football; gymnastics; children

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (7)

• Attention

  \- PU1 Battery (Borkowska, SajewiczRadtke, Lipowska, Kalka, 2016) - attention (the ability to orientate on stimulus, motor speed, maintain attention on the visual stimulus, distinguishing significant and non-significant material). Higher score means better attention.

  Baseline

• Brain Waves

  \- EEG Biofeedback - bioelectric recording of brain activity from a centrally placed electrode to measure fast brainwaves (Alpha, Beta1, Beta2) and slow brainwaves (Delta, Theta)

  Baseline

• Short-term memory of verbal material material

  \- PU1 Battery (Borkowska, SajewiczRadtke, Lipowska, Kalka, 2016). Higher score means better short-term memory of verbal material

  Baseline

• Visual-spatial material

  \- PU1 Battery (Borkowska, SajewiczRadtke, Lipowska, Kalka, 2016). Higher score means better visual-spatial material.

  Baseline

• Executive functions

  \- PU1 Battery (Borkowska, SajewiczRadtke, Lipowska, Kalka, 2016). Higher score means better executive functions.

  Baseline

• Language functions

  \- PU1 Battery (Borkowska, SajewiczRadtke, Lipowska, Kalka, 2016). Higher score means better language functions.

  Baseline

• Episodic memory of visual-spatial material

  \- Diagnosis of Brain Injury (DUM) (Weidlich, Lamberti, 1996) \[assessment of episodic memory of visual-spatial material (the rate of acquiring new information, the process of consolidation - the ability to transfer information from short-term to long-term memory)\]. Higher score means better episodic memory of visual-spatial material (maximal points: 54, minimal: 0).

  Baseline

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Sports Intensity by International Physical Activity Questionnaire (in a modified version, relating to children) (Biernat, 2007)

  Baseline

• Intelligence by CFT 20-R, The Culture Fair Intelligence Test (CFIT) - version 2, part 1 only (Cattell, Weiss, adapt. Stańczak,2013)

  Baseline

• Temperament by EAS Buss & Plomin Questionnaire (Buss, Plomin, 1997)

  Baseline

Study Arms (3)

Children practicing football

Children in late childhood (age 10-12 years) practicing sport, which is high dynamic (\> 75%), and low static (\<10\&) and in the same time it is open skill exercise sport (football)

Other: No intervention

Children practicing gymnastics

Children in late childhood (age 10-12 years) practicing sport, which is low dynamic (\<50%), high static (\>30%) and in the same time it is closed skill exercise sport (sport gymnastics)

Other: No intervention

Comparative group

A comparative group of children that do not attend sport classes or sports clubs, but carrying out sports activity and / or in other areas

Other: No intervention

Interventions

No intervention OTHER

No intervention

Children practicing football; Children practicing gymnastics; Comparative group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 10 Years - 12 Years
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

The participants will be recruited for research via Szkoły Mistrzostwa Sportowego \[Sports Championship Schools\] (criterion groups), sports clubs, as well as by establishing contact with other primary schools. Selecting 40 - 45 people aged 10-12 for each of the 2 control groups differentiated by the dynamic, static factor and nature of the sport close / open skill and for the comparative group of 40-45 children who are cognitively stimulated through physical activity and / or otherwise. They will be enrolled to the study after giving their and their parents written consent to participate in the study.

You may qualify if:

• \- Polish-speaking children

You may not qualify if:

• mental illness;
• non-Polish speaking children

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Gdansk: lead

Study Sites (2)

University of Gdansk

Gdansk, Gdansk, 80-309, Poland

Location

University of Gdansk

Gdansk, 80-309, Poland

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Bidzan-Bluma I. Twin-To-Twin Transfusion Syndrome Donor and Recipient and Their Subsequent Cognitive Functioning in Late Childhood as Juvenile Athletes-A Case Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Mar 4;18(5):2545. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18052545.

  PMID: 33806653 DERIVED

Study Officials

• Ilona Bidzan-Bluma, MS

  University of Gdansk

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 29, 2021
• First Posted: February 12, 2021
• Study Start: January 2, 2020
• Primary Completion: January 2, 2022
• Study Completion: January 2, 2022
• Last Updated: April 20, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-04

Locations

PL (2)