Effect of Stroboscopic Vision Training in a Softball Season: A Randomized Controlled Trial Pilot Study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 进行中（未招募）
- 入组人数
- 34
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Vergence ranges
研究概览
简要总结
Enhanced sports performance, in our current world, is being pushed at the professional level and down to school-age children as well. Money is being spent on lessons and equipment to enhance performance. One new method to enhance performance is stroboscopic vision goggles. The glasses lenses flicker removing visual information for a brief moment. The claim is that they train connections between the eyes, brain, and body. We want to see if this product truly does enhance visual performance during a softball season for high school girls.
详细描述
In today's sports world, every strategy to perform at the highest level is needed. Current literature is demonstrating enhanced sports performance using stroboscopic vision training.1,2,5 The objective of this randomized controlled trial is to measure the effect of a stroboscopic visual training in a high school softball season in comparison to controls. Athletes in the control group will go through normal practice drills for hitting and fielding. The stroboscopic training (experimental group) will use the strobe glasses during hitting and fielding drills two times a week in practice. The brand of strobe glasses is Senaptec Strobe. Athletes in both the experimental and control groups will have their vision assessed at the beginning of the season and end by The West Texas Vision Center. Measurements for vision will include developmental eye movement, vergence ranges, Randot stereopsis test, accommodative ranges, acuity, and stereo scores. On-field performance measurements will be collected for batting statistics including on-base percentage, batting average, slugging percentage, and hard-hit ball percentage in both the experimental and control groups. The current year batting statistics will be compared with the prior year statistics if enough at-bats occurred. In addition, to the vision and on-field hitting performance proprioception balance using the Balance Error Scoring System (BESS) will be measured at the beginning of the season and end for both groups. Our data will provide quantified information for coaches, athletes, and health care providers concerning the benefits of the strobe glasses warrant buying to enhance sports performance. Additionally, we wish to determine whether visual-motor and proprioception balance changes occur after the training.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
盲法说明
Vision Center and balance assessor will be blinded to group allocation
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 14 Years 至 18 Years（Child, Adult）
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •1) Age 14-18 years 2) females; 3) high school softball
排除标准
- •1) Prior use of stroboscopic vision training; 2) History of seizures; 3) History of vestibular impairments
研究组 & 干预措施
Stroboscopic Training Group
Treatment group, which will receive stroboscopic training during hitting and fielding drills. The glasses look like sunglasses but have liquid crystal technology that causes a flicker from clear to opaque. The glasses flickering will be controlled on the side of the glasses by the researcher. When the athlete can complete a skill proficiently by catching or hitting during training the level of flickering will be increased to challenge the visual system more.
干预措施: Senaptec Strobe Glasses (Device)
Standard softball drills
Control group, which will perform normal hitting and fielding drills without stroboscopic training
干预措施: Standard softball drills (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
Vergence ranges
时间窗: 8 weeks
Vergence ranges measured how many prism diopters the subject can turn their eyes in (base out) and how far they can relax them out (base in). This score is also a good measure of how much peripheral fusion a person has.
次要结局
- Acuity(8 weeks)
- Developmental eye movement(8 weeks)
- Accommodative ranges(8 weeks)
- Stereo Scores(8 weeks)
- Balance Error Scoring System (BESS)(8 weeks)
- Randot stereopsis test(8 weeks)
- Batting statistics(8 weeks)