A New Dual Task Test Method for Football Players

NCT05218993 | Enrolling By Invitation

• 1 other identifier: DualTask
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 60
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Multitasking (Dual Task) is a measurement method to evaluate cognitive ability to execute multiple functions at the same time. To perform this test, while participant/patient performing a main skill (for example, walking), a cognitive skill is added (for example, counting 7 backwards from 100) to measure how much the completion performance of the activity is affected. Frequently used multitasking trainings are known as counting back from 100 and asking mathematical equations during a physical skill. Multitasking skill is rarely used in sports-related training, and it is generally used in the form of counting 7 backwards from 100, counting months and counting 5-letter words while walking over obstacles. However, multitasking training methods described and applied in the literature are not specific to football skills. For this reason, limited tests defined and applied in other clinical and sportive fields may not be sufficient in football players who perform activities that require high performance. Therefore, aim of this study is to develop a dual-task assessment method, which includes the cognitive loads experienced by football players during training and matches, and also covers the basic skills of football. As a result of this study, a football-specific dual-task test will be created and the capacity of the athletes will be measured by applying this test to healthy athletes. Also, this test will be conducted on football players with recent knee injury history, who wish to return to sport, and to evaluate their dual-task capacity and to correlate it with kinesiophobia and other performance tests

Conditions

Sports Physical Therapy; Multi-Tasking Behavior; ACL Injury; Kinesiophobia

Keywords

soccer; dual task; performance; rehabilitation; return to sport

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Traditional dual task assessment

  Players will dribble with the ball with and without cognitive task. As cognitive task, players would be asked to count down from 100, by 7.

  At the baseline

Secondary Outcomes (9)

• Juggling tests

  At the baseline

• Fast dribbling test

  At the baseline

• Long pass accuracy test

  At the baseline

• Stroop test

  At the baseline

• Corsi task

  At the baseline

Study Arms (3)

Development of the new dual task test

the new two different method of dual task measurement and a traditional dual task measurement method and also, cognitive and performance measurement test will be conducted.

Diagnostic Test: A new dual-task measurement method with images; Diagnostic Test: A new dual-task measurement method with cards

Collecting the normative values

Better dual task measurement method (from the two methods) will be conducted at different football levels.

Diagnostic Test: A new dual-task measurement method with images; Diagnostic Test: A new dual-task measurement method with cards

Measurement of the athletes in return to sport stage

new dual task measurement method and other return to sport measurements will be conducted on athletes who wish to return to sport.

Diagnostic Test: A new dual-task measurement method with images; Diagnostic Test: A new dual-task measurement method with cards

Interventions

A new dual-task measurement method with images DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Football players will perform Illinois t test with and without cognitive demand with images. These images will represent scenarios from football with some of the players in the scene are from his team and others from opposing team. The player will be asked to look at the image and say the number on the player in following scenarios; The player to whom he can pass the ball, The player who is most likely to intervene the ball, The player who can score the goal. In order to reduce the other possibilities, opposing team players will be positioned in a specific way to block all team-mates but one.

Collecting the normative values; Development of the new dual task test; Measurement of the athletes in return to sport stage

A new dual-task measurement method with cards DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Football players will perform Illinois t test with and without cognitive demand with cards and balls. On the path of Illinois t test, there will be 3 football balls, 3-meters apart from each other, and there will be cards behind each, which can only be seen when the player about to hit the ball. This cards will vary in color (blue or red), which mean right or left. If the player sees red card, he will shoot the ball to the left side goal and if the player sees blue card, he will shoot the ball to the right side.

Collecting the normative values; Development of the new dual task test; Measurement of the athletes in return to sport stage

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 14 Years+
• Sex: male
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

For the first stage of the study, professional football players who are healthy and who can attend the trainings and/or games in full performance. For the last stage of the study, professional football players who wish to return to sports after knee injuries.

You may qualify if:

• attending regularly to the trainings
• being a professional football player

You may not qualify if:

• having any neurological disorders

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Hacettepe University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Hacettepe University

Ankara, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Related Publications (4)

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  PMID: 21139177 BACKGROUND

• Kessels RP, van Zandvoort MJ, Postma A, Kappelle LJ, de Haan EH. The Corsi Block-Tapping Task: standardization and normative data. Appl Neuropsychol. 2000;7(4):252-8. doi: 10.1207/S15324826AN0704_8.

  PMID: 11296689 BACKGROUND

• Davis L, Appleby R, Davis P, Wetherell M, Gustafsson H. The role of coach-athlete relationship quality in team sport athletes' psychophysiological exhaustion: implications for physical and cognitive performance. J Sports Sci. 2018 Sep;36(17):1985-1992. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2018.1429176. Epub 2018 Jan 23.

  PMID: 29359646 BACKGROUND

Related Links

• website from which the cognitive tests will be applied.

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Multitasking Behavior; Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries; Kinesiophobia

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior; Knee Injuries; Leg Injuries; Wounds and Injuries; Phobic Disorders; Anxiety Disorders; Mental Disorders

Study Officials

• Tüzün Fırat, Prof.

  Hacettepe University

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Target Duration: 1 Week
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 20, 2022
• First Posted: February 1, 2022
• Study Start: November 15, 2023
• Primary Completion: July 15, 2024
• Study Completion: July 1, 2025
• Last Updated: October 2, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-10

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)