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NCT Number: NCT04753047

The Cognitive Functioning of Young Athletes Including Bioelectrical Brain Function

The project focuses on two central issues:

1. The impact of intensity of sport on the cognitive functioning and brain waves of children in late childhood (10-12 years old); 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.

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Key information

Conditions

Cognitive Function

Age range

10 year–12 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Polish-speaking children

Exclusion criteria

  • mental illness;
  • non-Polish speaking children

Treatment and study plan

No intervention

Other

No intervention

Primary outcomes

  1. Attention

    Time frame: Baseline

    • 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.

  2. Brain Waves

    Time frame: Baseline

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

  3. Short-term memory of verbal material material

    Time frame: Baseline

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

  4. Visual-spatial material

    Time frame: Baseline

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

  5. Executive functions

    Time frame: Baseline

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

  6. Language functions

    Time frame: Baseline

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

  7. Episodic memory of visual-spatial material

    Time frame: Baseline

    • 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).

Secondary outcomes

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

    Time frame: Baseline

    Higher scores mean a better physical activity. In test there are 3 categories of activity: insufficient (less than 600), sufficient (600 - 1500 or 600 - 3000) or high (more than 1500 or 3000 MET-min / week)

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

    Time frame: Baseline

    Measurement of fluid intelligence. Higher score means higher fluid intelligence (maximum number of points: 56, minimal: 0).

  3. Temperament by EAS Buss & Plomin Questionnaire (Buss, Plomin, 1997)

    Time frame: Baseline

    A questionnaire for parents, coaches, teachers. It consists of 20 items - statements, which suitableness is rated by the subject on a five-point scale (from "Never true" to "Always true"). This version has four scales: Shyness, Sociability, Activity, and Emotionality and has 20 items relating to each of the 4 temperaments. There is a 5-point rating scale (from 1: "not characteristic or typical of your child" to 5 : "very characteristic or typical of your child"). These scores belong to each temperament and they are summed.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Gdansk

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Registry information

Official study title

The Cognitive Functioning of Young Athletes (10-12 Years Old) Undertaking Various Sports Activities (Gymnastics, Football) Including Bioelectrical Brain Function

Important dates

Study start
2020
Primary completion
2022
Study completion
2022
First posted
Feb 12, 2021
Registry last updated
Apr 20, 2022

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