Visual Training and and Reaction Time in Tennis

Visuomotor Skills Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effect of Visual Training on Reaction Time and Timing in Tennis Players

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03233685
• Other study ID #: Visual Training
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 1, 2017
• Est. completion date: January 31, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: May 2018
• Source: University of Milan
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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.

Description:

Two armed, parallel group, randomized control trial.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 30
• Est. completion date: January 31, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: October 2, 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 12 Years to 18 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age =12 years old.

• Playing career of 4 years.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Serious injury in the 6 mouth before the study.

• Subject that already took part to a visual training

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Visuomotor Skills

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Visual Training
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).
• Normal Training
Normal training routine

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Italy	Università degli Studi di Milano	Milano	Italia

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Milan

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Italy, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Reaction Time	Stroop test	After 12 weeks of training
Secondary	Analysis of tennis skills	QLIPP-TM	After 12 weeks of training