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

Medipol University

Status: Invitation-only

Conditions: Performance Improvement in Beginner Archers

Treatments: Other: Mental Imagery Intervention; Other: Routine Intervention; Other: Breathing Exercise Intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06739681

IMU-FTR-CK-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 36 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 10 to 16 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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36 participants in 3 patient groups

Control group (CG)

No Intervention group

Description:

Only routine exercise program will be applied

Imagination Group (IG)

Active Comparator group

Description:

In addition to routine exercises, a 15-minute visualization session will be applied.

Treatment:

Other: Routine Intervention

Other: Mental Imagery Intervention

Respiratory Group (RG)

Active Comparator group

Description:

Breathing exercises will be applied in addition to routine exercises.

Treatment:

Other: Breathing Exercise Intervention

Other: Routine Intervention