Clinical trial NCT06868706: VR-Based Video Modeling for Novice Swimmers
Official title: Virtual Reality-Supported Video Modeling for Enhancing Motor Skill Acquisition in Swimming
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Skills Acquisition
Sports Performance
Swimming
Keywords: Virtual reality
Video modeling
Swimming performance
Motor skill acquisition
Novice swimmers
Lead sponsor: Erzurum Technical University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Ataturk University
First posted: 2025-03-11
Enrollment: 55
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: Understanding the complex dynamics of motor skill acquisition in swimming is critical for developing effective training programs. Advances in technology, such as virtual and augmented reality, offer new opportunities to enhance learning and performance in this field. This study investigated the impact of virtual reality (VR)-supported video modeling (VM) swimming exercise programs compared with traditional approaches on the swimming performance of beginners.

Fifty-five university students participated in the study. They were divided into two groups: the VR-supported VM group (VRVM) (n=28) and the traditional swimming group (TSG) (n=27). The VRVM group engaged in VR-supported VM practice in addition to traditional swimming training, whereas the TSG group only participated in traditional swimming training. The performance variables measured included swimming stroke (SS), crawling kick (CK), swimming duration (SD), heart rate (HR), and rate of perceived excretion (RPE).


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

Never having taken a swimming course before. Not having any health problems. Not having water phobia.

Exclusion Criteria:

To be able to progress by stroking on the water without any support from anywhere.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Swimming stroke
timeFrame: Post-Intervention (After 11 Weeks)
measure: Swimming duration
timeFrame: Post-Intervention (After 11 Weeks)
measure: Crawling kick
timeFrame: Post-Intervention (After 11 Weeks)
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Heart rate
timeFrame: Post-Intervention (After 11 Weeks)
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Erzurum
country: Turkey
facility: Erzurum Technical University Faculty of Sport Sciences
state: Yakutiye
Study officials:
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