Clinical trial NCT06405022: Does Sport Specific Brain Endurance Training Enhance Physical and Cognitive Performance in Elite Orienteering Athletes?
Official title: Does Sport Specific Brain Endurance Training Enhance Physical and Cognitive Performance in Elite Orienteering Athletes?
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Healthy
Keywords: Elite Athletes
Lead sponsor: Department of Public Health, Denmark
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Team Denmark
First posted: 2024-05-08
Enrollment: 18
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: CROSSOVER
Intervention model description: The study is constructed as a cross-over design (Fig. 1), where participants function as their own control condition. The control condition (the first period) and the intervention (the latter period) consists of a 6 week training period, both leading up to a prioritized international competition
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: The purpose of the study is to measure the effects of a 6 week sport specific BET intervention on physical and cognitive performance parameters in elite orienteering athletes.

Detailed description: The purpose of the study is to measure the effects of a 6 week sport specific BET intervention on physical and cognitive performance parameters in elite orienteering athletes.

The study is constructed as a cross-over design, where participants function as their own control condition. The control condition (the first period) and the intervention (the latter period) consists of a 6 week training period, both leading up to a prioritized international competition. In the control condition participants will train normally leading up to the European Championships. During the intervention period participants will implement 3 sessions per week of a specially designed brain endurance program, leading up to the World Championships. To investigate the effect on all endpoints, physical and cognitive tests are conducted before and after the training periods.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Danish National Team Elite Orienteering Runners

Exclusion Criteria:

* Consent withdrawal
* Injury

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in 5000 m run performance (time)
timeFrame: At baseline, after 6 (after CON) and after 12 (after BET) weeks
measure: Change in Cognitive performance #1 (score)
timeFrame: At baseline, after 6 (after CON) and after 12 (after BET) weeks
measure: Change in Cognitive performance #2 (score)
timeFrame: At baseline, after 6 (after CON) and after 12 (after BET) weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: 1000 m submaximal running performance
timeFrame: At baseline, after 6 (after CON) and after 12 (after BET) weeks
measure: Mood change
timeFrame: At baseline, after 6 (after CON) and after 12 (after BET) weeks
measure: Subjective workload change
timeFrame: At baseline, after 6 (after CON) and after 12 (after BET) weeks
measure: Motivation change
timeFrame: At baseline, after 6 (after CON) and after 12 (after BET) weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Aarhus C
country: Denmark
facility: Aarhus University
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