Real-time Feedback in Swimming: Workout Compliance and Swimming Performance Outcomes Using Smart Swim Goggles
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 57
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Motivation: Completed workout difference
研究概览
简要总结
In August of 2019 a Canadian company, Form Athletica Inc. (FORM), introduced a pair of Smart swimming goggles (FORM goggles) with a built-in see-through display. The FORM Smart Swim Goggles both track and display the following performance metrics in real time: lap time splits, distance, stroke rate, stroke count, distance per stroke, pace, auto-rest, and heart rate. The goggles are also capable of showing structured workouts from inside the goggles. To assess the FORM goggles heart rate monitor, swimmer workout compliance, and swimmer performance adaptations, a group of recreational swimmers will complete familiarization sessions using the FORM goggles, perform a baseline performance test, follow a 12-week training program, and complete a final performance test.
详细描述
The following research questions guide the study design:
- Do recreational swimmers exhibit greater workout adherence when utilizing FORM goggles for real-time visual feedback in comparison to recreational swimmers who do not utilize such feedback?
- Will the utilization of real-time visual feedback lead to higher motivation levels for recreational swimmers in comparison to recreational swimmers who do not utilize such real-time feedback?
- Will there be a more pronounced performance enhancement among recreational swimmers who employ real-time visual feedback during a 12-week training period, as opposed to recreational swimmers who do not utilize such feedback?
The experiment will be conducted over 13 weeks. Week 1 and the final day of week 13 will be in-person. The remaining weeks/days will be completed by the participants on their own. The in-person days will be carried out in a designated 25-meter indoor swimming pool using 6 lanes with a total of 12 swimmers per session. Video footage will be captured on all in-person days as a reference for any discrepancies in the FORM goggles output, and as a more precise method of measuring the performance test. FORM goggles will be used by all participants.
Prior to Week 1, educational material and the Get Active Questionnaire will be provided to participants. The educational material will include information on standard swimming workout language, session rating of perceived exertion (sRPE), using the FORM goggles, and using the FORM Swim application on a cellular phone. The Get Active Questionnaire will need to be completed prior to commencing testing.
Week 1 sessions will be utilized for familiarization/testing purposes and for recording data for the heart rate validation component of the study. Within each session, all participants will be equipped with an external heart rate monitor (Polar Verity) and 4 will be equipped with an additional heart rate monitor (Garmin HRM-Swim). Two sessions will be designated for the participants to get accustomed to the FORM goggles (face fit, field of view, and user interface). These sessions will consist of standardized workouts between 1000m and 2000m. The remaining session will be used to complete a performance test as described in the paragraph below. Before the data collection commences the following will occur:
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Basic Science
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •18 years or older
- •Can swim 400m front crawl (FR) continuously at a maximum effort
- •Can swim a minimum of 3 times a week
- •Can swim a minimum of 2000m in a session
- •Are not currently injured and have had a minimum of 6 weeks recovery from a previous injury
- •Are proficient in FR, backstroke (BK), breaststroke (BR)
- •Prepared to dedicate 1-1.5 hours a session for 4 in-person sessions
- •Are able to complete 3 workouts a week for 12 weeks on their own on separate days with at least one day in between workouts
- •Live in British Columbia, Canada and live max 15km from nearest public pool
- •Must be willing to minimize all other forms of physical training during the study period
排除标准
- •Current competitive swimmer
- •Currently training on a swim team or in a swim club
结局指标
主要结局
Motivation: Completed workout difference
时间窗: From Week 2 of the study to the end of Week 13 (Weeks 1 to 12 of the training program).
Measured as the difference (count) between prescribed workouts and completed workouts.
Compliance: Interval stroke type difference
时间窗: From Week 2 of the study to the end of Week 13 (Weeks 1 to 12 of the training program).
Measured as a "success" (1) or "failure" (0) to complete the prescribed stroke type per swim interval.
Compliance: Interval effort difference
时间窗: From Week 2 of the study to the end of Week 13 (Weeks 1 to 12 of the training program).
Measured as a "success" (1) or "failure" (0) to meet the prescribed effort (based on a participant-specific percentage of critical swim speed) per freestyle swim interval.
Compliance: Interval rest time difference
时间窗: From Week 2 of the study to the end of Week 13 (Weeks 1 to 12 of the training program).
Measured as the difference (seconds) between prescribed rest time and actual rest time per rest interval.
Compliance: Workout effort difference
时间窗: From Week 2 of the study to the end of Week 13 (Weeks 1 to 12 of the training program).
Measured as the difference (count) between prescribed workout effort and participant provided workout effort. Workout effort is quantified using session rating of perceived exertion (sRPE) which is evaluated using the Borg Category-Ratio 10 scale. The minimum value is 0 (indicating no exertion at all) and the maximum value is 10 (indicating maximal exertion).
Performance: Adaptation (Critical swim speed)
时间窗: From the start of Week 1 of the training program to the end of week 12 of the training program.
Performance is measured as the difference (metres/second) between the baseline critical swim speed, measured at the end of Week 1 of the study, and the post-training critical swim speed, measured at the end of Week 13 of the study (end of Week 12 of the training program).
Compliance: Workout pool length count difference
时间窗: From Week 2 of the study to the end of Week 13 (Weeks 1 to 12 of the training program).
Measured as the difference (count) between prescribed pool lengths and completed pool lengths per workout.
Motivation: Questionnaire
时间窗: From Week 2 of the study to the end of Week 13 (Weeks 1 to 12 of the training program).
Evaluated after every workout (via an online questionnaire) on a 5-point Likert scale (1 = Strongly Disagree, 5 = Strongly Agree) for the following questions: * Accomplishment - "I feel a sense of accomplishment after completing my swim workout" * Enjoyment - "I enjoyed my swim workout today" * Motivation - "I am motivated to complete my next swim workout" Higher scores indicate higher motivation levels.
次要结局
- Validity: Heart rate sensor(Week 1 of the study)
研究者
David Clarke
Associate Professor
Simon Fraser University