Quiet Eye Duration in Baseball

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Gaze Tracking
• Interventions: Other: Gaze tracking - no intervention

• Registration Number: NCT04289376
• Lead Sponsor: Ohio State University

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to measure the gaze movements of individuals as they watch videos of a baseball pitcher throwing pitches. The goal will be to determine whether there is an anticipatory movement to the location where the ball is released, and whether this anticipatory movement occurs in experienced baseball players more commonly than in inexperienced players.

Detailed Description

20 subjects between 18 and 40 years of age (males and females) will participate. 10 subjects will be required to have experience in baseball or softball at the high school level or above within the last 10 years. A further 10 subjects will be recruited who did not have baseball experience at or above the high school level. Upon entering the laboratory, the experiment will be explained to the subjects. Subjects will be consented. Then, the subject's visual acuity and stereoacuity (depth perception) will be measured.

If subjects continue on to the experiment, they will also be asked to complete a short survey on previous baseball experience.

Subjects will stand in a batting stance facing a projector screen. They will then participate in trials in which they mimic batting a ball thrown by a pitcher. Six different pitch videos will be shown. The subjects will act as if they are batting the ball (no bat swing will occur) for each video. The movement of the subject's eye will be tracked using an eye tracker.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2020-02-26
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-02-26
• Study First Posted: 2020-02-28
• Study Start: 2022-05-05
• Primary Completion: 2023-09-15
• Status Verified: 2024-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-10-28
• Last Update Posted: 2024-10-31
• Study Completion: 2025-07-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 21

Inclusion Criteria

• 20/20 visual acuity in each eye Stereoacuity of 40 arc seconds are better

Exclusion Criteria

• 20/25 or worse visual acuity in either eye Stereoacuity less than 40 arc seconds

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Gaze tracking	Gaze tracking - no intervention	No intervention. Monitor gaze as subjects watch a video

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Quiet eye duration	60 minutes	Duration over which the gaze remains stable

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

The Ohio State University; 🇺🇸 Columbus, Ohio, United States