Visual Training and and Reaction Time in Tennis
- Conditions
- Visuomotor Skills
- 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.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 30
- Age ≥12 years old.
- Playing career of 4 years.
- 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
- 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
Università degli Studi di Milano🇮🇹Milano, Italia, Italy