Playing AVI During Tennis Training Process

Cognitive Change Clinical Trial

— AVIT  

Official title:

Impact of Active Video Games on Motor- and Visual Spatial-learning Capabilities During the Process of Tennis Training in Young Children

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03946436
• Other study ID #: AVITENNIS
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 1, 2018
• Est. completion date: January 1, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: April 2020
• Source: Science and Research Centre Koper
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Developing movement capabilities and efficiently acquiring and assimilating movement information and knowledge in middle childhood stages is of great importance for performing complex movement structures in later stages of life. Our study is directed to researching the influence of active video games (AVG) on assessment of tennis motor skills and visual capabilities in middle childhood, as a part of two separate sub-researches.

Description:

In the first sub-research, which included a sample of 55 children aged between 7 and 9, the investigators measured the physiological responses of bodies after acute and chronic exposure to playing AVG. The investigators established a significant difference in skin conductance before beginning the intervention between the virtual and actual game. After the intervention, the experimental group had a significantly higher average value of heart rate frequency and breathing frequency while playing AVG in comparison to the control group.

In the second sub-research the investigators measured progress in tennis technique (TRSC test), development of gross motor skills and change in reaction time on the same group of children. In the TRSC test, the control group improved in all sub-groups with both strokes. The experimental group made no improvements in sub-group 3d with the ''forehand'', 1d and 3d with the ''backhand''. In the gross motor skill development test the investigators have not established a significant interaction effect. In the analogue reaction time measurement test, the investigators recorded a significant interaction between time x group. The same goes for Simon's test with incongruent stimuli, with congruent the interaction was of no relevance.

The investigators established that the use of AVG can represent a new strategy for combining movement/sports activities and cognitively directed tasks aiming at effective assessment of tennis skills.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 55
• Est. completion date: January 1, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: January 1, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 7 Years to 9 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age limit

Exclusion Criteria:

• excluded were players with injuries or long-term body impairments that prevented them from performing shots as they are usually instructed.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cognitive Change
• Learning, Spatial

Intervention

Device:
• Active video games
Participants played the active video game Virtua tennis 4 on a playstation kinect device

Other:
• tennis training process
Participants were involved in a regular tennis training process, performed two times a week for one hour per lesson.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Slovenia	Tenis klub San Simon Izola	Izola

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Marusic	Science and Research Centre Koper, University of Primorska

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Slovenia, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	Manual/analog visuomotor reaction time task	The time needed to catch a suspended vertical shaft by hand closure, measured in centimeters and then calculated in milliseconds.	change from baseline to 3-months intervention
Other	Simon task	Congruent and incongruent stimuli measured in milliseconds.	change from baseline to 3-months intervention
Primary	Psychophysiological body responses 1: skin conductance	Skin conductance measured in micro siemens	change from baseline to 3-months intervention
Primary	Psychophysiological body responses 2: skin temperature	Skin temperature measured in Celsius	change from baseline to 3-months intervention
Primary	Psychophysiological body responses 3: heart rate frequency	hear rate measured in beats per minute	change from baseline to 3-months intervention
Primary	Psychophysiological body responses 4: breathing frequency	breathing frequency measured in breaths per minute	change from baseline to 3-months intervention
Secondary	TGMD-3 scale (Test of Gross Motor Development-Third Edition)	The TGMD-3 has two subtests. The first subtest, Locomotor, measures the gross motor skills that require fluid coordinated movements of the body as the child moves in one direction or another. The second subtest, Ball Skills, measure the gross motor skills that demonstrate efficient throwing, striking, and catching movements. The TGMD-3 provides an overall composite score (Gross Motor). The two subtest scaled scores are combined to form the Gross Motor composite. The Examiner's Manual discusses the test's theoretical and research-based foundation, item development, standardization, administration and scoring procedures, normative tables, and guidelines for using and interpreting the test's results. The TGMD-3 scale is used to measure the fundamental motor skills in 3-10 year-old children with typical development. The raw score for locomotor subtest is between 0 and 46, while the raw score for ball skills is between 0 and 54. The overall raw score for the test is between 0 and 100.	change from baseline to 3-months intervention