Clinical trial NCT06952283: Music Intervention on Golfers Under Mental Fatigue
Official title: Effects of Music Intervention on Golf-Specific Skill Performance of Chinese Golfers Under Mental Fatigue
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Mental Fatigue
Keywords: lack of energy
feelings of tiredness
decreased attention
impaired cognitive
impaired behavioral performance
Lead sponsor: Universiti Putra Malaysia
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2025-04-30
Enrollment: 60
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 24
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: This study aims to evaluate the effects of music intervention on golf-specific skill performance under mental fatigue. It is a randomised, controlled, double-blind design. The study consists of three main phases: familiarisation with the experimental procedure, baseline testing, and the formal experiment. During the formal experiment, participants will be randomly assigned to one of the following three groups: (MF-Mu Group) Participants undergo a mental fatigue induction task followed by a music intervention; (MF-nMu Group) Participants undergo a mental fatigue induction task but do not receive a music intervention; (CON Group) Participants neither undergo a mental fatigue induction task nor receive a music intervention. The total intervention duration is 45 minutes, consisting of 30 minutes of mental fatigue induction and 15 minutes of music intervention. In conditions where mental fatigue induction or music intervention is not conducted, participants will remain in the same experimental environment and rest quietly for the same duration to control for external confounding factors and ensure experimental consistency. Immediately after the intervention, participants will complete golf skill testing, with the testing site located within a 2 minutes walking distance from the intervention area. Performance outcomes include driving performance, iron shot performance, chipping performance, and putting performance.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Athletes must be between 18 and 24 years old.
* Be registered golfers in the National Colleges and Universities Golf Championship.
* Have at least three years of specialised golf training.
* Engage in at least five weekly training sessions.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Colour blindness.
* Hearing loss.
* Insomnia.
* Physical injuries.
* Ongoing mental health issues.
* The use of any medication that might influence cognitive.
* The use of any medication that might influence physical performance.

Primary outcomes:
measure: The change in golf driving accuracy after music intervention compared to performance under mental fatigue.
timeFrame: Baseline and immediately after the music intervention (No more than 40 seconds per shot, with a total duration of about 5 minutes).
measure: The change in golf driving shot quality after music intervention compared to performance under mental fatigue.
timeFrame: Baseline and immediately after the music intervention (No more than 40 seconds per shot, with a total duration of about 5 minutes).
measure: The change in iron shot accuracy after music intervention compared to performance under mental fatigue.
timeFrame: Baseline and immediately after the music intervention (after the driving test) (No more than 40 seconds per shot, with a total duration of about 5 minutes).
measure: The change in iron shot shot quality after music intervention compared to performance under mental fatigue.
timeFrame: Baseline and immediately after the music intervention (after the driving test) (No more than 40 seconds per shot, with a total duration of about 5 minutes).
measure: The change in chipping accuracy after music intervention compared to performance under mental fatigue.
timeFrame: Baseline and immediately after the music intervention (after the iron test) (No more than 40 seconds per shot, with a total duration of about 5 minutes).
measure: The change in chipping shot quality after music intervention compared to performance under mental fatigue.
timeFrame: Baseline and immediately after the music intervention (after the iron test) (No more than 40 seconds per shot, with a total duration of about 5 minutes).
measure: The change in putting accuracy after music intervention compared to performance under mental fatigue.
timeFrame: Baseline and immediately after the music intervention (after the chipping test) (No more than 40 seconds per shot, with a total duration of about 5 minutes).
measure: The change in putting shot quality after music intervention compared to performance under mental fatigue.
timeFrame: Baseline and immediately after the music intervention (after the chipping test) (No more than 40 seconds per shot, with a total duration of about 5 minutes).
measure: Mental fatigue
timeFrame: Baseline, before mental fatigue induction, immediately after mental fatigue induction, and immediately after the music intervention (about 30 seconds per test).
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Immersive Tendency
timeFrame: Baseline (about 1 minute).
measure: Motivation
timeFrame: Baseline, before mental fatigue induction, immediately after mental fatigue induction, and immediately after the music intervention (about 30 seconds per test).
measure: Sport Anxiety
timeFrame: Baseline, before mental fatigue induction, immediately after mental fatigue induction, and immediately after the music intervention (about 1 minute per test).
measure: Rating Perception of Effort
timeFrame: Baseline, before mental fatigue induction, immediately after mental fatigue induction, and immediately after the music intervention (about 30 seconds per test).
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Serdang
country: Malaysia
facility: Universiti Putra Malaysia
state: Selangor
Study officials:
affiliation: Department of Sport Studies, Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia
name: Kim Geok Soh, Prof. Dr.
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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