Visual Training and and Reaction Time in Tennis

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Visuomotor Skills
• Interventions: Behavioral: Visual Training; Behavioral: Normal Training

• Registration Number: NCT03233685
• Lead Sponsor: University of Milan

Brief Summary

Tennis is situational sport in which the result of the game is directly influenced by the interaction with the opponent. In fact, athletes have to respond in a short-time period to change the way of playing by fast analyzing speed, rotation and direction of the tennis ball. Therefore, it is extremely complicated to predict exactly what will happen during games and matches. According to literature goof visual skills, players can receive and process information quickly and can optimize the performance with extreme precision and dexterity. For this reason, visuomotor training aims to improve reaction times, but its efficiency during playing tennis has not yet been investigated. Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate how this training method could affect the improvement of visuomotor performance in young people between 12 and 18 years old.

Detailed Description

Two armed, parallel group, randomized control trial.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2017-07-25
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-07-25
• Study First Posted: 2017-07-31
• Study Start: 2017-10-01
• Primary Completion: 2017-10-02
• Study Completion: 2018-01-31
• Status Verified: 2018-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-05-02
• Last Update Posted: 2018-05-03

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

• Age ≥12 years old.
• Playing career of 4 years.

Exclusion Criteria

• Serious injury in the 6 mouth before the study.
• Subject that already took part to a visual training

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Experimental Group	Visual Training	Subjects will perform a visual training for 12 weeks
Control Group	Normal Training	Subjects will perform the normal training routine for 12 weeks

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Reaction Time	After 12 weeks of training	Stroop test

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Analysis of tennis skills	After 12 weeks of training	QLIPP-TM

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Università degli Studi di Milano; 🇮🇹 Milano, Italia, Italy