Visual Training and and Reaction Time in Tennis

NCT03233685 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: Visual Training
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 30
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

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.

Conditions

Visuomotor Skills

Keywords

Tennis; Reaction Time; Visual training

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Reaction Time

  Stroop test

  After 12 weeks of training

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Analysis of tennis skills

  After 12 weeks of training

Study Arms (2)

Experimental Group

EXPERIMENTAL

Subjects will perform a visual training for 12 weeks

Behavioral: Visual Training

Control Group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Subjects will perform the normal training routine for 12 weeks

Behavioral: Normal Training

Interventions

Visual Training BEHAVIORAL

The visual training will be performed 3 times a week for 40 minutes, at the end of warm up and before the technique training. The subjects will be performed a progression of exercise to improve their visual ability, their velocity of interpretation and transformation. The training will be performed with specific panels approved for visual training (S.V.T.A., Torino, Italy).

Experimental Group

Normal Training BEHAVIORAL

Normal training routine

Control Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 12 Years - 18 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Age ≥12 years old.
• Playing career of 4 years.

You may not qualify if:

• Serious injury in the 6 mouth before the study.
• Subject that already took part to a visual training

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Milan: lead

Study Sites (1)

Università degli Studi di Milano

Milan, Italia, 20123, Italy

Location

Study Officials

• Matteo Bonato, Ph.D.

  University of Milan

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Masking Details: The participant will be blind regarding the aim of the study
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Matteo Bonato

Model Details: Randomized control trial.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 25, 2017
• First Posted: July 31, 2017
• Study Start: October 1, 2017
• Primary Completion: October 2, 2017
• Study Completion: January 31, 2018
• Last Updated: May 3, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

IT (1)