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CompletedNCT03391505Updated May 8, 2024

Acute Effects of Physical Activity On Memory, Cognitive Performance and Brain Activity

An interventional study of Small-sided soccer game and Walking soccer game in Mental Health Wellness 1, sponsored by University of Southern Denmark. Completed at 1 site in Denmark. Open to participants aged 10 Years to 14 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-05-08.

Sponsored by University of Southern Denmark · Not applicable, Interventional, and Basic science

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
81
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
10 Years to 14 Years
Sex
All
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Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-12

Among 28 studies in Motor Activity by University of Southern Denmark — 3 open to participants now, 3 under way, none of them phase 3. Motor Activity · University of Southern Denmark.

Enrollment
17th of 22
81 · median 148
Started
2018
the only one that year
No phase
17 of 28
3 open now
Registered
17th of 28
by date

Among the 28 studies in Motor Activity by University of Southern Denmark, this one is the 17th largest by enrollment of the 22 interventional ones that give a count, is the only one that started in 2018, is one of 17 with no phase, and was the 17th registered.

Motor Activity

9,798 studies on the registry are indexed under Motor Activity; 1,910 are open to participants now.

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Open to participants now

3 of the 28 studies in Motor Activity by University of Southern Denmark are open now, in 1 country. Recruiting first, the newest first:

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Where they have run

Who these studies take

Of the 1,201 Motor Activity studies recruiting now, 517 (43%) set no upper age limit and 535 (45%) stop at 75 or younger; 180 take children under 18; 420 take healthy volunteers.

This study: 10 Years to 14 Years · all sexes · healthy volunteers too.

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Study summary

The overall aim of the study is to investigate the effects of an acute bout of physical activity on cognitive performance and long-term memory in elementary school children. Elaborating, the study seeks to investigate the effect of the intensity of the physical activity on cognitive performance and long-term memory in preadolescent children.

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Based on a power analysis a total population of 100 children (four school classes) will be invited to participate in a 10-day protocol. The children will be randomly allocated, within their cluster (classes) and stratified for gender and soccer level, to one of 3 intervention groups. The groups consist of: A small-sides soccer game group (SSG), a walking soccer group (WSG) and a rest group watching soccer on TV (RES). At day 1 the children will complete a screening of their physical characteristics (height, weight, fat percentages, lean muscle mass and fitness status). On day 2 the children will complete a screening and a familiarization to the cognitive tasks used (cognitive performance and long-term memory) and the brain activity measuring devices (transportable EEG systems). On day 3 the children will complete the interventions, which first consist a long-term memory task, where the children will be asked to remember forty different pictures. Immediately after exposure to the forty pictures, the children will participate in 2 x 10 minutes of their respective interventions with 5 minutes break in between. During the break, the children will complete a short questionnaire to address their flow. Furthermore, during the intervention they will be equipped with heart rate monitors to quantify the physical demands of the intervention. Immediately after completing the 2 x 10 minutes interventions the children will be equipped with a transportable EEG system, and undergo a cognitive test (the Flanker task) to address their cognitive performance. The EEG recordings are used to measure the P3 amplitude and latency, biomarkers for cognitive performance. While equipping the children with the EEG system, the children will complete questionnaires about their participation. At day 10 the children will try to remember as many pictures of the forty pictures as possible to address the effect of the interventions on their long-term memory.

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Conditions studied

  • Mental Health Wellness 1

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Keywords

  • Cognition
  • Physical activity
  • Memory
  • Health
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Who can participate

Ages eligible
10 Years to 14 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

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Inclusion criteria

  • from the childrens´ legal guardians.
  • Physical, linguistic and mental competencies to complete the intervention and testing.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Use of prescription-only drugs that kan affect learning ability.
  • Smoking.
  • Neurological diseases inclusive damages to the spinal cord.
  • Children who is not evaluated to being cable of completing the protocol among these psychological diseases or psychological unstable children.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(1)

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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Basic science
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
81 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Treatment Group 1

    The small-sided soccer game consists of a single bout (two times ten minutes) of small-sided soccer game (3v3) interspersed with a five minutes break.

    Behavioral: Small-sided soccer game

  • Experimental
    Treatment Group 2

    The walking soccer game consists of a single bout (two times ten minutes) of small-sided walking soccer game (3v3) interspersed with a five minutes break.

    Behavioral: Walking soccer game

  • Placebo comparator
    Control Group

    The rest group watching soccer consists of watching a soccer game on a laptop (two times ten minutes) interspersed with a five minutes break.

    Behavioral: Rest group watching soccer

Interventions

  • BehavioralSmall-sided soccer game

    The small-sided soccer game consists of a single bout (two times ten minutes) of small-sided soccer game (3v3) interspersed with a five minutes break.

    Also known as: SSG

  • BehavioralWalking soccer game

    The walking soccer game consists of a single bout (two times ten minutes) of small-sided walking soccer game (3v3) interspersed with a five minutes break.

    Also known as: WSG

  • BehavioralRest group watching soccer

    The rest group watching soccer consists of watching a soccer game on a laptop (two times ten minutes) interspersed with a five minutes break.

    Also known as: RES

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Event-related brain potentials (P300)

    Electroencephalographic measures (mV) of the neuroelectric system that occur in response to, or in or in preparation for, a discrete event.

    Time frame: 1 day

  2. Cognitive Response Speed Performance

    Measures of response speed (ms) during the computer-based Flanker task

    Time frame: 1 day

  3. Cognitive Response Accuracy Performance

    Measures of response accuracy (%) during the computer-based Flanker task

    Time frame: 1 day

  4. Long-term Memory Accuracy Performance

    Measures of response accuracy (%) during a tablet-based visual memory task

    Time frame: 7 days

Secondary outcomes

  1. Height

    Measures of height (cm) with a Tanita Leicester portable altimeter

    Time frame: 1 day

  2. Weight

    Measures weight (kg) with an InBody 230 multifrequency body composition analyser

    Time frame: 1 day

  3. Fat Percentage

    Measures fat percentage (%) with an InBody 230 multifrequency body composition

    Time frame: 1 day

  4. Lean Body Mass

    Measures of lean body mass (kg) with an InBody 230 multifrequency body composition

    Time frame: 1 day

  5. Fitness Status

    Measures of distance covered during an maximal exercise test

    Time frame: 1 day

  6. Maximal Heart Rate

    Measures of maximal heart rate with heart rate monitors during an maximal exercise test

    Time frame: 1 day

  7. Flow

    Measures of flow with a danish translation og the flow questionnaire (Rheinberg et al., 2003) during the intervention

    Time frame: 1 day

  8. Motivation

    Measures of motivation with the Intrinsic Motivation Inventory (IMI) questionnaire (McAuley et al., 1987) after the intervention

    Time frame: 1 day

  9. Enjoyment

    Measures of self-perceived enjoyment with the Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale (PACES) (Kendzierski et al., 1991) questionnaire after the intervention

    Time frame: 1 day

  10. Intervention intensity

    Measures of heart rate with heart rate monitors during the intervention

    Time frame: 1 day

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Study locations

1 site
  • University of Southern Denmark
    Odense, 5700, Denmark
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Ran from Feb 2018 to primary completion in Apr 2018, 2 months.

Of 5,147 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Motor Activity, half reached primary completion within 17 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 7 and three quarters within 36. This study's 2 months is below that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 5,207 studies reached it within 17 months; a quarter within 7 and three quarters within 36.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Dec 21, 2017
First posted
Jan 5, 2018
StartActual
Feb 5, 2018
Primary completionActual
Apr 30, 2018
CompletionActual
Apr 30, 2018
Last update
May 8, 2024
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 8, 2024, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03391505
Responsible party
Peter Krustrup (Professor, University of Southern Denmark) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jan 5, 2018
Start date
Feb 5, 2018
Primary completion
Apr 30, 2018
Completion
Apr 30, 2018
Last update
May 8, 2024

Study contacts

Peter Krustrup
principal investigator · University of Southern Denmark

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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