Clinical trial NCT06739681: The Effect of Imagery Exercises on Attention and Performance in Olympic Archers
Official title: The Effect of Imagery and Breathing Exercises on Postural Sway and Target Achievement in Olympic Archers
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
Phase: NA
Conditions: Performance Improvement in Beginner Archers
Keywords: Breathing Exercises
Imagination
Cognition
Exercise
Sports
Young Adult
Lead sponsor: Medipol University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-12-18
Enrollment: 36
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 10
Maximum age (years): 16
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: 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.


Eligibility criteria: 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.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Postural Sway Assessment
timeFrame: Day 1 and 8 weeks later
measure: Evaluation of Respiratory Function Test Parameters
timeFrame: Day 1 and 8 weeks later
measure: Evaluation of Archery Shooting Performance
timeFrame: Day 1 and 8 weeks later
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Hand Grip Strength
timeFrame: Day 1 and 8 weeks later
measure: Reaction Time
timeFrame: Day 1 and 8 weeks later
measure: Mental Imagery Assessment
timeFrame: Day 1 and 8 weeks later
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: İstanbul
country: Turkey
facility: Medipol University
Study officials:
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