Mindfulness and Paralympic Sport: a Mindfulness Based Intervention for Paralympic Boccia Brazilian Team
NCT ID: NCT04334642
Last Updated: 2021-02-10
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Basic Information
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25 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2019-06-30
2021-04-25
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Mindfulness means being aware and describes a natural human capacity that can be trained. The option of the Paralympic Boccia Brazilian Team for a research on mindfulness is because of the identification of previous researches that indicate that the presence of mindfulness traits in athletes can be improved with mindfulness training. Specifically, the Paralympic Boccia is a sport that is on the rise for new resources that can collaborate with its performance in a national and international context.
Considering that sports performance is composed of several pillars, such as physical, technical, tactical and psychological, there is an opportunity to investigate the following findings of mindfulness-based interventions in a complex population:
Mindfulness practice consistently and significantly improves levels of mindfulness across various sports disciplines.
Physiological and psychological performance improved significantly until the practice of mindfulness.
Based on the available evidence, the practice of mindfulness can be considered as a supplementary training approach to improve performance in precision sports disciplines.
Thus, the objective of this study is to evaluate the effects of a mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) on Paralympic Boccia athletes, in particular, the impact on sports performance and quality of life from the change in attentional level. It is an exploratory study (pilot) to verify if the intervention will be well accepted by the participants (feasibility) and if it will be effective to reproduce the expected effects (preliminary effectiveness) composed of a longitudinal intervention that uses as a baseline measure a Mindfulness Training of 2 cycles (each cycle is formed by 4 days of intervention); two follow-up measures (1 and 6 months after the 2nd cycle); and a final measurement (12 months after the start of the study).
The research will have as a convenience sample 11 Athletes from the Paralympic Boccia Brazilian Team, which will be compared with itself in the data analysis. This study includes the category called "Other participants" formed by staff, freshmen, technicians and other professionals who are present during the interventions. In this way, the participants totalize 25 people: there are eleven athletes categorized as "Athletes" and 14 professionals in the "Other Participants" category. The measure instruments used in the Athletes category will be the same in the Other participants category, with the exception of Performance Evaluation applied only to Athletes.
The methodological procedures of the present work were prepared within the fundamental ethical and scientific procedures, as provided for in Resolution No. 466 of December 12, 2012 of the National Health Council of Ministry of Health, being approved by the Research Ethics Committee (CEP), by protocol 19577519.2.0000.5505.
The intervention will take place at the Brazilian Paralympic Training Center - CTPB, in the City of São Paulo, SP, where an certified instructor with extensive experience in leading groups by Centro Mente Aberta - UNIFESP will conduct the MBI and recommend to athletes to incorporate formal and informal care practices into their daily lives.
It is expected to show a positive impact on the athletes' quality of life (primary outcome). As secondary outcomes, it is expected to show the evolution of sports performance in relation to the accuracy of the pitch and the speed of the ball, in addition to improving the attention focus and perceived stress, which affect the tactics and performance of the game. The potential benefits of this research also have a social component, by expanding the understanding of human nature through sport, and also a functional component, by impacting the performance of these high-performance athletes. In this sense, it produces practical scientific knowledge that can pave the way for the subsequent realization of a large-scale trial that will benefit the greatest number of people.
The investigation is limited by the lack of additional comparison groups and the small sample size to detect effects. However, this is justified by being Paralympic medalists who have a series of unique characteristics, according to the functional classification that includes people with severe or severe motor disabilities, caused basically by cerebral palsy, cervical spinal cord injuries and muscular dystrophies.
The relevance of this research is in its pioneering spirit and originality when evaluating the first intervention based on mindfulness with Paralympic athletes held in Brazil.
Conditions
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Study Design
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Study Groups
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Athletes from the Paralympic Boccia Brazilian Team
The research will have as a convenience sample 11 Athletes from the Paralympic Boccia Brazilian Team, which will be compared with itself in the data analysis. This study includes the category called Other participants formed by staff, freshmen, technicians and other professionals who are present during the interventions.
A mindfulness based intervention
It is a pilot study of feasibility and preliminary effectiveness composed of a longitudinal intervention that uses as a baseline measure a Mindfulness Training of 2 cycles (each cycle is formed by 4 days of intervention); two follow-up measures (1 and 6 months after the 2nd cycle); and a final measurement (12 months after the start of the study).
Interventions
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A mindfulness based intervention
It is a pilot study of feasibility and preliminary effectiveness composed of a longitudinal intervention that uses as a baseline measure a Mindfulness Training of 2 cycles (each cycle is formed by 4 days of intervention); two follow-up measures (1 and 6 months after the 2nd cycle); and a final measurement (12 months after the start of the study).
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
* Diagnosis of an active mental disorder, such as depression and anxiety, with severe symptoms
* Having previous experience with mindfulness (regular practice in the last 6 months)
* Athletes without access to the internet or electronic means to access audio practices
18 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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Centro Mente Aberta de Mindfulness
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Marcelo Demarzo, MD, PhD
Head and Associate Professor
Principal Investigators
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Marlúcia S Jesus, Student
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Federal University of São Paulo
Locations
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Centro Mente Aberta em Mindfulness
São Paulo, , Brazil
Countries
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References
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Rothlin P, Birrer D, Horvath S, Grosse Holtforth M. Psychological skills training and a mindfulness-based intervention to enhance functional athletic performance: design of a randomized controlled trial using ambulatory assessment. BMC Psychol. 2016 Jul 26;4(1):39. doi: 10.1186/s40359-016-0147-y.
Buhlmayer L, Birrer D, Rothlin P, Faude O, Donath L. Effects of Mindfulness Practice on Performance-Relevant Parameters and Performance Outcomes in Sports: A Meta-Analytical Review. Sports Med. 2017 Nov;47(11):2309-2321. doi: 10.1007/s40279-017-0752-9.
Kozasa EH, Sato JR, Lacerda SS, Barreiros MA, Radvany J, Russell TA, Sanches LG, Mello LE, Amaro E Jr. Meditation training increases brain efficiency in an attention task. Neuroimage. 2012 Jan 2;59(1):745-9. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.06.088. Epub 2011 Jul 7.
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Burns L, Weissensteiner JR, Cohen M. Lifestyles and mindsets of Olympic, Paralympic and world champions: is an integrated approach the key to elite performance? Br J Sports Med. 2019 Jul;53(13):818-824. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2018-099217. Epub 2018 Oct 23.
Navarro-Haro MV, Lopez-Del-Hoyo Y, Campos D, Linehan MM, Hoffman HG, Garcia-Palacios A, Modrego-Alarcon M, Borao L, Garcia-Campayo J. Meditation experts try Virtual Reality Mindfulness: A pilot study evaluation of the feasibility and acceptability of Virtual Reality to facilitate mindfulness practice in people attending a Mindfulness conference. PLoS One. 2017 Nov 22;12(11):e0187777. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0187777. eCollection 2017.
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Related Links
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Conde, AJM. Memória Paralímpica. vol. I São Paulo: Comitê Paralímpico Brasileiro; 2018. Accessed June 15, 2019.
Winckler C, Oliveira MC. O esporte Paralímpico e os caminhos para a inclusão social. Revista Científica Virtual da ESA, v. 27, p. 176-186, 2018. Accessed June 15, 2019
BISFed International Boccia Rules - 2018 (v.3). Accessed May 15, 2019.
O que é Bocha. Accessed May 10, 2019.
Other Identifiers
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19577519.2.0000.5505
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Identifier Source: org_study_id
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