Clinical trials: Football-Specific Performance
Task Performance
Motor and Cognitive Dual Task Performance in Sports
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…
- Trial name
- NCT04854733
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 102 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Marmara University
Injury, Physical Performances
Evaluating the Efficacy of a Ladies Gaelic Football-Specific Injury Prevention Programme
The aim of this research is to evaluate the impact of an injury prevention programme on injury risk factors and performance outcomes in Ladies Gaelic Football players.
- Trial name
- NCT07179393
- Testing
- Ladies Gaelic Football-Specific Injury Prevention Programme
- Where
- Ireland
- Volunteers
- 197 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Dublin City University
Health Behavior
Personalized Recommendation System for Sport Activities
The goal of this clinical trial is to test and compare the effects of a tailored algorithm recommendation of sport activities concreted in challenges to improve some critical performance dimensions.
- Trial name
- NCT06200350
- Testing
- Experimental group, Control group
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 47 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Vigo
Skeletal Muscle Damage, Exercise-induced Aseptic Inflammation
NAC Supplementation and Soccer Specific Performance
In this investigation the investigators utilized NAC supplementation to boost GSH availability during an one-week-microcycle consisting of three soccer games, in order to test the hypotheses that: i) antioxidant supplementation…
- Conditions
- Skeletal Muscle Damage, Exercise-induced Aseptic Inflammation, Skeletal Muscle Performance, Antioxidant Status
- Trial name
- NCT04523675
- Testing
- N-acetylcysteine
- Where
- Greece
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Thessaly
Executive Function (Cognition), Soccer Training
Cognitive-Integrated Soccer Training and Performance
This study will examine whether an 8-week soccer-specific cognitive-motor training program can improve executive functions, decision-making, and soccer skill performance in youth soccer players.
- Conditions
- Executive Function (Cognition), Soccer Training, Performance, Motor Development
- Trial name
- NCT07284940
- Testing
- Cognitively Engaging Soccer Practice, Conventional Soccer Practice
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fan Mao
Soccer, Physical Stress
Chronic Effects of the Use of Instep Weights on Specific Capacities in Soccer Players
The main goal of this randomized controlled trial (RCT) is to evaluate the chronic effects of using instep weights on technical, physical (conditional), and perceptual parameters in amateur male soccer players.
- Conditions
- Soccer, Physical Stress, Physical Performance
- Trial name
- NCT06723587
- Testing
- Instep weights use
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 42 people
- Sponsor
- University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia
Healthy
Effect of a Shortened FIFA11+ Warm-up Program and Sex-specific Footwear on Cutting in Youth Soccer Players
This research aims to look at how warm-up programs and types of footwear affect movement patterns that are associated with injury risk during change-of-direction tasks, also known as cutting, in youth soccer players.
- Trial name
- NCT06638346
- Testing
- Shortened FIFA 11+ warm-up exercise program, Brazilian warm-up exercise program
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McGill University
Soccer Performance
Combined Technical and Balance Training in U12 Soccer Players
This study was designed as a two-arm, parallel-group randomized controlled trial to investigate the effects of a combined technical and balance training program on dynamic postural control, inter-limb asymmetry, and…
- Trial name
- NCT07853638
- Testing
- Combined technical and unstable-surface balance training
- Where
- Tunisia
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Manouba
Physical Performance
Performance Testing in Young Soccer Players
The aim of this study is to investigate physiological characteristics, body composition and performance indicators among youth soccer players of four age categories (U-12, U-14, U-16, and U-18).
- Trial name
- NCT04456374
- Testing
- Performance testing
- Where
- Greece
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Thessaly
Skill Performance, Soccer Performance
Influence of Coffeeberry Ingestion on Soccer Skill Performance
The study of soccer skill performance has 3 objectives. Objective 1 is to compare effects of coffeeberry (300mg) and placebo ingestion on dribbling speed and precision and passing and shooting speed and accuracy compared to…
- Conditions
- Skill Performance, Soccer Performance, Coffeeberry Effects
- Trial name
- NCT04181619
- Testing
- Coffeeberry beverage, Comparator beverage
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- PepsiCo Global R&D
Athletic Performance, Warm-Up Exercise
Acute Effects of a Brief Low-Load Core Activation Warm-Up on Football-Specific Technical Performance in Male Youth Players
This study examined whether a brief, low-load core activation warm-up would acutely improve football-specific technical performance compared with a conventional dynamic warm-up in male youth football players.
- Trial name
- NCT07639190
- Testing
- Core Activation Warm-Up, Conventional Dynamic Warm-Up
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Inonu University
Respiratory Muscle Function and Football Performance
Acute Effects of Breathing Resistance During Exercise in Football Players
This randomized crossover study will examine the immediate effects of breathing resistance during exercise in 35 active football players aged 18-30 years.
- Trial name
- NCT07907510
- Testing
- Breathing-Resistance Exercise Mask, No-Mask Exercise
- Volunteers
- 35 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Karabuk University
Athletic Performance, Cognitive Fatigue
TCP-600 Supplementation and Performance Response in Professional Football Players
This 28-day randomised, placebo- and active-controlled trial investigated multidimensional responses to taurine-caffeine supplementation with or without phosphatidylserine in 65 male professional and highly trained football…
- Conditions
- Athletic Performance, Cognitive Fatigue, Exercise Recovery, Football-Specific Performance
- Trial name
- TCP600-RESP (NCT07710547)
- Testing
- Taurine, Caffeine, Phosphatidylserine
- Where
- 3 sites in Poland
- Volunteers
- 65 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vizja University in Warsaw
Football-Specific Performance, Children
Relative Age and Passing Performance in Pre-adolescent Football Players
This completed cross-sectional observational study examined whether relative age within an annual selection cycle was associated with passing performance in pre-adolescent football players.
- Trial name
- RAE-LSPT (NCT07728305)
- Where
- Colombia
- Volunteers
- 61 people
- Sponsor
- Federal University of Vicosa
Skeletal Muscle Damage, Muscle Inflammation
Protein Supplementation and Muscle Recovery in Football
Soccer is an intermittent sport including a high number of powerful actions such as accelerations, decelerations, changes of direction, jumps and impacts that incorporate a strong eccentric component and may therefore lead to…
- Conditions
- Skeletal Muscle Damage, Muscle Inflammation, Muscle Recovery, Soccer Performance
- Trial name
- PRO-FOOTBALL (NCT03348267)
- Testing
- Milk protein isolate
- Where
- Greece
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Thessaly
Athletic Performance Copy, Hamstring Muscle Strength Copy
Effects of Hamstring-Specific Training on Athletic Performance in Amateur and Professional Soccer Players
This randomized controlled trial aimed to investigate the effects of a 12-week hamstring-specific exercise protocol (HSEP) on athletic performance in professional and amateur male soccer players.
- Trial name
- NCT07865819
- Testing
- Hamstring-Specific Exercise Protocol (HSEP)
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 144 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istanbul Gelisim University
Conditions or Focus of Study, Exercise-Induced Fatigue
Effects of Astaxanthin Supplementation on Soccer Performance Under Fatigue
This study aims to investigate the effects of four-week astaxanthin supplementation on soccer-specific performance under fatigue in soccer players.
- Conditions
- Conditions or Focus of Study, Exercise-Induced Fatigue, Soccer Performance
- Trial name
- AX-FATIGUE (NCT07509970)
- Testing
- Astaxanthin
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Beijing Sport University