Effectiveness of motor imagery on sports performance in football players
- Conditions
- Football athletes aged 18-25 years both in university athlete group and amateur athlete group.Athletic PerformanceExperience levelFootballsMotor ControlMotor imagery
- Registration Number
- TCTR20230128001
- Lead Sponsor
- Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University
- Brief Summary
Time of speed at 20 meters decreased significantly after training in university athlete groups and amateur athletes who received MI training. Both university and amateur groups which received MI training presented significantly decreased time in agility and reaction time test.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Male
- Target Recruitment
- 48
1. Male football player aged between 18-25 years old
2. Score of the Movement Imagery Questionnaire-3; MIQ-3 more than 62
3. For university athlete group, participants had to attend inter-university sports or higher level competition and be a member of the university football team
4. In the amateur athlete group, participants had to attend only in-university sports events
1. Visual, neurological, cardiopulmonary or musculoskeletal impairments which affect MI training
2. Took medicine with neurological effects 2 days before participating in the study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Speed At the end of training for 2 weeks Time at Speed 10, 20, 40 meter
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Agility At the end of training for 2 weeks T-Test (run from the start point 10 meters forward, sidestep, side stepping back and then running back to the finish), measure in time (second),Reaction time At the end of training for 2 weeks Reaction time tester (was detected through eye-foot coordination), measure in time (millisecond)