Wheelchair Basketball and Attention Training

August 20, 2024 updated by: Sultan Akel, Bezmialem Vakif University

Attention Skills of Wheelchair Basketball Players: Occupational Therapy Intervention

The goal of this interventional study is to evaluate the effect of attention training on performance in wheelchair basketball players. The main question it aims to answer is:

Does attention training have an effect on the performance of wheelchair basketball players? Participants will participate attention training from an occupational therapy perspective.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The attention skills of the athletes will be evaluated with a competition-like designed assessment session. Then, the planned 10-week intervention program will be carried out as one session per week. After the intervention program, the evaluation session will be repeated and the results will be recorded. Then, it will be evaluated whether there is improvement in the attention skills of the athletes. The results obtained will be important for athletes, coaches and professionals working in this field.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

9

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

      • Istanbul, Turkey, 34025
        • Bezmialem Vakif University

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Actively active in a regional wheelchair basketball team for at least 6 months.
  • Volunteering to participate in the research.
  • Being literate.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Having a neurological or cognitive disorder other than a physical disability.
  • Being colorblind.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Other: Attention Skills Training
Intervention plan, which will begin by talking about the importance of attention in sports; It will consist of different tasks that include sub-parameters of attention, such as maintaining attention, shifting attention, focusing attention and splitting attention.
Attention skills program planned with occupational therapy principles

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
The number of successful shots
Time Frame: 10 week
The number of mistakes made during the physical activity and track will be recorded as one.Athletes can make mistakes at any stage of the course (depending on their attention skills). Each mistake will be considered a numerical unit and will be written as one piece.
10 week

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
The time to complete the track and each stage
Time Frame: 10 week
The time spent by athletes on each stage of the track and the time it takes to complete the physical activity will be recorded. These times will be considered as a outcome measures.
10 week

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

March 12, 2023

Primary Completion (Actual)

September 20, 2023

Study Completion (Actual)

October 20, 2023

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

July 24, 2023

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 20, 2024

First Posted (Actual)

August 21, 2024

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

August 21, 2024

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 20, 2024

Last Verified

August 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2022/286

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

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