Tele-Exercise for Male Elite Fencers

Sports Physical Therapy Clinical Trial

Official title:

Tele-Exercise Programs Improves Physical Performance for Male Elite Fencers

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05864651
• Other study ID #: SYU 2022-10-015-001
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: May 22, 2023
• Est. completion date: July 1, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: July 2023
• Source: Sahmyook University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Tele-exercise has been used to enhance athletic performance among athletes. Physical performance indicators such as lunge distance, speed, reaction time, coordination, and balance control during stationary jumps can be used to measure the effectiveness of tele-exercise programs for fencing athletes. The objective of this study was to examine the effectiveness of tele-exercise programs on lunge distance, speed, reaction time, coordination, and balance control during stationary jumps among male elite fencers.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 24
• Est. completion date: July 1, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: July 1, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 30 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• who are registered to Elite Fencer to both Korean Sports & Olympic Committee and Korean Fencing Federation;
• who does not have a history of musculoskeletal or neurological injuries in the past six months;
• who have no physical limitations.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Those who have the experience of participating in experiments in the past year
• who refuses to participate or provide written consent.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Athletic Performance
• Sports Physical Therapy

Intervention

Other:
• Tele-exercise program
The tele-exercise program focused on lunge movement with additional strengthening abdominal and lumbopelvic muscle training while maintaining neuromuscular control. The difficulty of training was adjusted every week according to the five-step mastery program
• Conventional Fencing Exercise
The conventional exercise was based on 'displacement', a basic footwork training in fencing. The Displacement is also basic footwork to approach the opponent. The Displacement consisted of seven movements including 'Marche', 'Retraite & Rompre', 'Passe avant', 'Passe arrière', 'Bond en avant', 'Bond en arrière', and 'Balestra'.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Korea, Republic of	Department of Physicla Therapy, Sahmyook University	Seoul

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Sahmyook University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Korea, Republic of, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Lunge speed	Speed to perform a single lunge is one of the essential physical ability for fencing athletes.	changes from baseline after intervention at 4 weeks
Primary	Lunge distance	Distance travelled to perform a single lunge is one of the essential physical ability for fencing athletes.	changes from baseline after intervention at 4 weeks
Primary	Reaction time	Reaction time is one of the essential physical ability for fencing athletes that can be measured by the time required to move when subject hear a signal	changes from baseline after intervention at 4 weeks
Secondary	Accurate repeatability of stationary hops	The distances between repeated hops can evaluate coordination and balance control	changes from baseline after intervention at 4 weeks