A New Dual Task Test Method for Football Players

Hacettepe University

Status

Invitation-only

Conditions

Kinesiophobia

Sports Physical Therapy

Multi-Tasking Behavior

ACL Injury

Treatments

Diagnostic Test: A new dual-task measurement method with images

Diagnostic Test: A new dual-task measurement method with cards

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05218993

DualTask

Details and patient eligibility

About

Multitasking (Dual Task) is a measurement method to evaluate cognitive ability to execute multiple functions at the same time. To perform this test, while participant/patient performing a main skill (for example, walking), a cognitive skill is added (for example, counting 7 backwards from 100) to measure how much the completion performance of the activity is affected. Frequently used multitasking trainings are known as counting back from 100 and asking mathematical equations during a physical skill. Multitasking skill is rarely used in sports-related training, and it is generally used in the form of counting 7 backwards from 100, counting months and counting 5-letter words while walking over obstacles. However, multitasking training methods described and applied in the literature are not specific to football skills. For this reason, limited tests defined and applied in other clinical and sportive fields may not be sufficient in football players who perform activities that require high performance. Therefore, aim of this study is to develop a dual-task assessment method, which includes the cognitive loads experienced by football players during training and matches, and also covers the basic skills of football. As a result of this study, a football-specific dual-task test will be created and the capacity of the athletes will be measured by applying this test to healthy athletes. Also, this test will be conducted on football players with recent knee injury history, who wish to return to sport, and to evaluate their dual-task capacity and to correlate it with kinesiophobia and other performance tests

Enrollment

60 estimated patients

Sex

Male

Ages

14+ years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

attending regularly to the trainings
being a professional football player

Exclusion criteria

having any neurological disorders

Trial design

60 participants in 3 patient groups

Development of the new dual task test

Description:

the new two different method of dual task measurement and a traditional dual task measurement method and also, cognitive and performance measurement test will be conducted.

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: A new dual-task measurement method with cards

Diagnostic Test: A new dual-task measurement method with images

Collecting the normative values

Description:

Better dual task measurement method (from the two methods) will be conducted at different football levels.

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: A new dual-task measurement method with cards

Diagnostic Test: A new dual-task measurement method with images

Measurement of the athletes in return to sport stage

Description:

new dual task measurement method and other return to sport measurements will be conducted on athletes who wish to return to sport.