Comparison of Videogame Based Dance Training With Agility Ladder Drills on Agility of Volleyball Players

The University of The West Indies

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthy Athletes

Treatments: Other: Agility Ladder Drills; Device: XBOX Kinect Just Dance 2014

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02370368

ECP213-13-14

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will examine the effects of six week dance training, using the Xbox Kinect Just Dance 2014 programme, on the agility scores along with general and hamstring flexibility and extensibility of the hip flexor. The effects of the dance programme will be compared with those of proven agility training techniques (ladder drills).

Full description

A randomised clinical trial will be used consisting of 34 (17 in each group) athletes undergoing training. Both groups will undergo one hour of training three times weekly for six weeks, with one group doing dance training (DT) using the Xbox Kinect and the other doing standard training (ST) using traditional ladder drills. Outcomes will be assessed using the Illinois Agility test for agility, sit and reach test for general flexibility, straight leg raise test for hamstring flexibility and the Thomas test for hip flexor extensibility.

Enrollment: 27 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 40 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• To be included in the study persons must be playing volleyball at the University of the West Indies at competitive levels and will be required to give written consent to participate in the study.

Exclusion criteria

• 1. Anyone who currently has a musculoskeletal injury of the lower limb that prevents them from performing the respective activities.

2. Anyone involved in a dance programme as this will confound the results of the study.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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27 participants in 2 patient groups

Dance Group

Experimental group

Description:

Training: participants will engage in dance training with the Xbox Kinect 360 using the Just Dance 2014 disc. Duration : 45 minutes per session. Frequency: three times per week for six weeks.

Treatment:

Device: XBOX Kinect Just Dance 2014

Ladder Drills

Active Comparator group

Description:

Intervention: Agility ladder drill training. Duration: 45 minutes per session. Frequency: three times per week for six weeks

Treatment:

Other: Agility Ladder Drills