Development of a Performance Model for Amputee Football Players

Amputee football is a physically and cognitively demanding sport that requires rapid decision-making, attention, visuospatial processing, balance, coordination, and sport-specific motor performance. Therefore, training approaches that simultaneously target cognitive and physical functions may contribute to the performance of amputee football players.

This study aims to investigate the effects of a cognitive game-based exercise program on cognitive and physical performance in amputee football players. The intervention will incorporate structured cognitive game activities into an exercise program to provide simultaneous cognitive and motor stimulation. The activities will involve cognitive demands such as attention, concentration, planning, problem solving, decision-making, and visuospatial processing together with physical tasks.

Participants will undergo baseline assessments of cognitive and physical performance before the intervention. Following completion of the intervention program, the same outcome measures will be repeated to determine changes in cognitive and physical performance. The study will examine whether a structured cognitive game-based exercise approach can improve selected cognitive and physical performance outcomes in amputee football players.

The results may contribute to the development of multidimensional training approaches that integrate cognitive and motor components in amputee football and may provide a basis for future exercise and rehabilitation programs for athletes with lower-limb amputation.

Inclusion criteria

Individuals with lower-limb amputation who actively participate in amputee football Regular participation in amputee football training Ability to understand and follow the study instructions Voluntary agreement to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

Presence of an acute musculoskeletal injury that prevents participation in training or performance tests Presence of a medical condition that prevents safe participation in exercise or performance testing Inability to complete the cognitive or physical performance assessments Withdrawal from the study or failure to complete the intervention program