Visual Training and and Reaction Time in Tennis

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

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.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Visuomotor Skills
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Visual Training; Behavioral: Normal Training

Detailed Description

Two armed, parallel group, randomized control trial.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 30
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Italy
  • Italia
    • Milano, Italia, Italy, 20123
      • Universita degli Studi di Milano

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 12 years to 18 years (Child, Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

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

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Experimental Group; Subjects will perform a visual training for 12 weeks	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).
Active Comparator: Control Group; Subjects will perform the normal training routine for 12 weeks	Behavioral: Normal Training; Normal training routine

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Reaction Time	Stroop test	After 12 weeks of training

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Analysis of tennis skills	QLIPP-TM	After 12 weeks of training

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Milan
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Matteo Bonato, Ph.D., University of Milan

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): October 1, 2017
• Primary Completion (Actual): October 2, 2017
• Study Completion (Actual): January 31, 2018

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 25, 2017
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 25, 2017
• First Posted (Actual): July 31, 2017

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): May 3, 2018
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 2, 2018
• Last Verified: May 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Reaction Time; Tennis; Visual training
• Other Study ID Numbers: Visual Training

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No