Music Intervention on Golfers Under Mental Fatigue

Pan Xiaoyang

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Mental Fatigue

Treatments: Behavioral: Music intervention; Behavioral: Inducing mental fatigue

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06952283

HUSOM2025-066

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 24 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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60 participants in 3 patient groups

MF-Mu Group

Experimental group

Description:

MF-Mu Group: Participants undergo a mental fatigue induction task followed by a music intervention

Treatment:

Behavioral: Inducing mental fatigue

Behavioral: Music intervention

MF-nMu Group

Active Comparator group

Description:

MF-nMu Group: Participants undergo a mental fatigue induction task but do not receive a music intervention

Treatment:

Behavioral: Inducing mental fatigue

CON Group

No Intervention group

Description:

CON Group: Participants neither undergo a mental fatigue induction task nor receive a music intervention