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NCT Number: NCT06739681

The Effect of Imagery Exercises on Attention and Performance in Olympic Archers

The goal of this clinical trial is to for beginners in archery in to examine the effects of Imagination and breathing exercises given in addition to 8-week archery training on archery target score, postural sway, attention, hand grip, visualization and respiratory function parameters.. The main questions it aims to answer are:

* Do Imagination and breathing exercises have an effect on archery target shooting score? * Do breathing exercises positively affect shooting performance by reducing postural sway? * Do archers' imagination skills positively affect their attention and performance? * Do hand grip strength and reaction time positively affect shooting performance?

Participants will Routine exercises used in archery training will be applied to all participants.

Researchers will compare control group, Imagination group and meditation group to see if Control group (CG); Only routine exercise program will be applied. To the Imagination Group (IG); In addition to routine exercises, a 15-minute visualization session will be applied. Respiratory Group (SG); Breathing exercises will be applied in addition to routine exercises.

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Key information

Conditions

Performance Improvement in Beginner Archers Behavior Motor Activity

Age range

10 year–16 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Medipol University

Istanbul, Turkey (Türkiye)

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Completing the study consent form,
  • Successful in the The Closed Kinetic Chain Upper Extremity Stability Test (CKCUEST),
  • Successful in the Upper Quarter Y Balance Test (YBT),
  • Those who do archery sports were included in the study.

Exclusion criteria

  • Having musculoskeletal system problems,
  • Having a neurological disease,
  • Having vestibular disease,
  • Having pulmonary disease,
  • Hearing loss,
  • Those who have undergone orthopedic surgery will not be included in the study.

Treatment and study plan

Routine Intervention

Other

These routine exercises used in archery training will be applied to all participants. Exercise sessions will be planned 2 days a week, every other day, for 8 weeks. It will progress progressively according to the athlete's tolerance.

Mental Imagery Intervention

Other

Mental Imagination will be done with Recording Audio. An audio recording will last 5 minutes. The audio recording will be listened to 3 times in one session. The total visualization session will last 15 minutes in a dark and quiet room.

Breathing Exercise Intervention

Other

Participants participating in Pranayama training will practice in a comfortable position in a quiet room at a temperature of 25 ± 2°C. The slow pranayama technique chosen is alternate nasal breathing (Nadishodhana Pranayama).

Primary outcomes

  1. Postural Sway Assessment

    Time frame: Day 1 and 8 weeks later

    Postural Sway Assessment will be evaluated with SWAY Medical Balance Application

  2. Evaluation of Respiratory Function Test Parameters

    Time frame: Day 1 and 8 weeks later

    Evaluation of Respiratory Function Test Parameters will be done with spirometry test. FEV1, FVC, FEV1/FVC Physiological values will be recorded.

  3. Evaluation of Archery Shooting Performance

    Time frame: Day 1 and 8 weeks later

    Evaluation of Archery Shooting Performance, Archery Shooting Performance Test will be used to measure shooting performance.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Hand Grip Strength

    Time frame: Day 1 and 8 weeks later

    Hand Grip will be measured with Jamar hand dynamometer

  2. Reaction Time

    Time frame: Day 1 and 8 weeks later

    Reaction Time will be done from Human Benchmark website

  3. Mental Imagery Assessment

    Time frame: Day 1 and 8 weeks later

    Mental Imagery Assessment will be done with the Mental Training Inventory in Sports

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Medipol University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

The Effect of Imagery and Breathing Exercises on Postural Sway and Target Achievement in Olympic Archers

Important dates

Study start
2024
Primary completion
2024
Study completion
2025
First posted
Dec 18, 2024
Registry last updated
Dec 18, 2024

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