The Cognitive Functioning of Young Athletes Including Bioelectrical Brain Function

Cognitive Function Clinical Trial

Official title:

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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04753047
• Other study ID #: UGdansk
• Status: Completed
• Start date: January 2, 2020
• Est. completion date: January 2, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: April 2022
• Source: University of Gdansk
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 179
• Est. completion date: January 2, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: January 2, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 10 Years to 12 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Polish-speaking children

Exclusion Criteria:

• mental illness;

• non-Polish speaking children

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cognitive Function

Intervention

Other:
• No intervention
No intervention

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Poland	University of Gdansk	Gdansk	Gdansk
Poland	University of Gdansk	Gdansk

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Gdansk

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Poland, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	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
Primary	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
Primary	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
Primary	Visual-spatial material	- PU1 Battery (Borkowska, SajewiczRadtke, Lipowska, Kalka, 2016). Higher score means better visual-spatial material.	Baseline
Primary	Executive functions	- PU1 Battery (Borkowska, SajewiczRadtke, Lipowska, Kalka, 2016). Higher score means better executive functions.	Baseline
Primary	Language functions	- PU1 Battery (Borkowska, SajewiczRadtke, Lipowska, Kalka, 2016). Higher score means better language functions.	Baseline
Primary	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	Sports Intensity by International Physical Activity Questionnaire (in a modified version, relating to children) (Biernat, 2007)	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)	Baseline
Secondary	Intelligence by CFT 20-R, The Culture Fair Intelligence Test (CFIT) - version 2, part 1 only (Cattell, Weiss, adapt. Stanczak,2013)	Measurement of fluid intelligence. Higher score means higher fluid intelligence (maximum number of points: 56, minimal: 0).	Baseline
Secondary	Temperament by EAS Buss & Plomin Questionnaire (Buss, Plomin, 1997)	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.	Baseline