Clinical trial NCT04854733: Motor and Cognitive Dual Task Performance in Sports
Official title: Dual Task Performance of Soccer Referees: Cognitive Task or Motor Task
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Task Performance
Keywords: Dual-Task Performance
Task- specific Performance
Sports
Agility
Multiple Object Tracking
Referee
Lead sponsor: Marmara University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2021-04-22
Enrollment: 102
Sex: MALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 30
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: CASE_CONTROL
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Soccer referees affiliated with the National Football Federation and athletes with similar to soccer referees in terms of sociodemographic and physical characteristics and training program.

Brief summary: In this study, it is aimed to examine the dual-task performance of soccer referees. For this purpose, it will be investigated whether the motor or cognitive performance of the referees changes when dual-task is assigned and also whether there are differences in dual-task performance between the referees and athletes with similar training program.

Detailed description: In this study, the motor and cognitive dual-task performances of referees will be evaluated. It also will be investigated whether the referees prioritize one of the performances, motor or cognitive, during the dual-task and whether their role in the competition makes a difference compared to athletes. For this purpose, appropriate motor and cognitive tasks were determined by considering the roles of the referees during the competition.

After completing the Demographic Information Form respectively; Edgren Side Step Agility Test as motor performance assessment, Multiple Object Tracking (MOT) as cognitive performance assessment, and finally Dual-Task evaluation using MOT and Edgren Side Step Agility Test will be applied simultaneously. Dual-task costs will be calculated as a percentage of single-task for both motor and cognitive tasks.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* To be a soccer referee who trains for a total of 5 hours two days a week, takes part in a maximum of two competitions a week and has been actively affiliated with the National Football Federation for at least 1 year,
* Being an athlete with similar to soccer referees in terms of sociodemographic and physical characteristics and training program,
* Being between aged 18-30 years.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Not attending weekly trainings regularly,
* Having had a surgical operation in the last year,
* Having a history of trauma in the last 6 months,
* Not being able to communicate,
* Having uncorrected visual deficit and hearing problem.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Multiple Object Tracking (MOT)
timeFrame: 20 minutes
measure: Edgren Side Step Test
timeFrame: 20 minutes
measure: Dual Task Assessment
timeFrame: 20 minutes
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Istanbul
country: Turkey
facility: Marmara University
state: Maltepe
Study officials:
affiliation: Marmara University Faculty of Health Sciences
name: Semra Oğuz, Phd
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
affiliation: Marmara University Faculty of Health Sciences
name: Nilufer Keskin Dilbay, MSc
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: Marmara University Faculty of Health Sciences
name: Hilal B Can, MSc
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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