Effects of Music on Table Tennis Stroke Performance Among Mentally Fatigued University Players

NCT06028698 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: DingCong
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 64
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The current study is going to investigate the music intervention on the table tennis stroke performance among table tennis stroke performance. The subjects will be instructed to listen to 3 minutes, which can facilitate the recovering process for scope of attention and thought-action repertoire. Thus, to see the improvement in stroke performance.

Conditions

Mental Fatigue

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• table tennis stroke performance

  Before and after the intervention, stroke performance will be measured to see the difference. the stroke performance will be calculate based on formula: PI=Average speed × ball accuracy， the higher scores，the better stroke performance will be.

  4 weeks

• Ball speed

  Before and after the intervention, ball speed will be measured to see the differences. the instrument of ball speed will be High speed camera, then input the videos into software Kinovea for measuring the fast speed

  4 weeks

• Ball accuracy

  Before and after the intervention, ball accuracy will be measured to see the differences. the instrument of ball speed will be target position, for scoring 0-2 scores.

  4 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Emotion state

  4 weeks

• Scope of attention

  4 weeks

• Thought-action repertoire

  4 weeks

Study Arms (4)

Positive emotion music fatigue group

EXPERIMENTAL

After mental fatigue inducement, participants will be instructed listening to music pieces for inducing positive emotion music.

Other: Inducing positive emotion music

Fatigue control group

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

After mental fatigue inducement, participants will be instructed to sit and relax for the same duration as intervention group.

Other: Inducing positive emotion music

No Fatigue positive emotion music group

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

participants will not be induced mental fatigue, but will be instructed listening to music pieces for inducing positive emotion music.

Other: Inducing positive emotion music

No fatigue control group

NO INTERVENTION

participants will not be induced mental fatigue. Also, participants will not receive music intervention，just sit and relax.

Interventions

Inducing positive emotion music OTHER

listening to music could induce emotion response, this study is going to investigate inducing positive emotion music countering mental fatigue.

Fatigue control group; No Fatigue positive emotion music group; Positive emotion music fatigue group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 24 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• University table tennis players. 18-24 years.
• Both pen-holder and shake-hand play styles.
• At least played from the senior school.
• At least have 3 years' training experience.

You may not qualify if:

• Color blindness.
• Any disease or sleep disorder.
• Smoker or drunker

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Ding Cong: lead

Study Sites (1)

Cong Ding

Huai'an, Jiangsu, 223001, China

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Mental Fatigue

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Fatigue; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 24, 2023
• First Posted: September 8, 2023
• Study Start: October 1, 2023
• Primary Completion: November 1, 2023
• Study Completion: November 15, 2023
• Last Updated: December 6, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-11

Locations

CN (1)