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SJFT Performance, Inhibitory Control, and Attention in Young Judokas

NCT07798635 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2026-09-01

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Summary

This study will examine the relationship between judo-specific physical fitness and cognitive performance in young male judo athletes and will evaluate the immediate effects of the Special Judo Fitness Test (SJFT) on attention and inhibitory control. Licensed male judo athletes who train regularly at least three days per week will be compared with male participants who do not actively participate in sports.

Judo athletes will complete a standardized warm-up followed by the SJFT, a judo-specific high-intensity fitness test involving repeated throws performed over three short exercise periods separated by brief rest intervals. Heart rate will be measured immediately after the SJFT and again one minute later.

Cognitive performance will be assessed using a computerized Flanker Task, which will measure reaction time and response accuracy while participants respond to relevant visual information and ignore distracting information. Judo athletes will complete the Flanker Task approximately one minute before and one minute after the SJFT. Participants in the control group will complete the same cognitive assessment twice over a similar time interval without performing the physical exercise.

The study will aim to determine whether judo-specific physical fitness and judo experience are associated with attention and inhibitory control and whether a single high-intensity judo-specific exercise session will produce an immediate change in cognitive performance.

Conditions

  • Cognitive Performance
  • Inhibitory Control
  • Selective Attention
  • Physical Fitness

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Special Judo Fitness Test (SJFT)

The Special Judo Fitness Test is a judo-specific high-intensity exercise test consisting of three exercise periods: 15 seconds, 30 seconds, and 30 seconds, with 10-second rest intervals between periods. During the test, the participant will perform as many ippon-seoi-nage throws as possible using two partners positioned six meters apart.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Bogazici University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
30 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-09-15
Primary Completion
2026-10-15
Completion
2026-10-30

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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