Wheelchair Basketball and Attention Training

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Physical Disability
• Interventions: Other: Attention skills training

• Registration Number: NCT06565130
• Lead Sponsor: Bezmialem Vakif University

Brief Summary

The goal of this interventional study is to evaluate the effect of attention training on performance in wheelchair basketball players. The main question it aims to answer is:

Does attention training have an effect on the performance of wheelchair basketball players? Participants will participate attention training from an occupational therapy perspective.

Detailed Description

The attention skills of the athletes will be evaluated with a competition-like designed assessment session. Then, the planned 10-week intervention program will be carried out as one session per week. After the intervention program, the evaluation session will be repeated and the results will be recorded. Then, it will be evaluated whether there is improvement in the attention skills of the athletes. The results obtained will be important for athletes, coaches and professionals working in this field.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-03-12
• Study First Submitted: 2023-07-24
• Primary Completion: 2023-09-20
• Study Completion: 2023-10-20
• Status Verified: 2024-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-08-20
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-08-20
• Study First Posted: 2024-08-21
• Last Update Posted: 2024-08-21

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 9

Inclusion Criteria

• Actively active in a regional wheelchair basketball team for at least 6 months.
• Volunteering to participate in the research.
• Being literate.

Exclusion Criteria

• Having a neurological or cognitive disorder other than a physical disability.
• Being colorblind.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Attention Skills Training	Attention skills training	Intervention plan, which will begin by talking about the importance of attention in sports; It will consist of different tasks that include sub-parameters of attention, such as maintaining attention, shifting attention, focusing attention and splitting attention.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The number of successful shots	10 week	The number of mistakes made during the physical activity and track will be recorded as one.Athletes can make mistakes at any stage of the course (depending on their attention skills). Each mistake will be considered a numerical unit and will be written as one piece.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The time to complete the track and each stage	10 week	The time spent by athletes on each stage of the track and the time it takes to complete the physical activity will be recorded. These times will be considered as a outcome measures.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Bezmialem Vakif University; 🇹🇷 Istanbul, Turkey