Winning the Game with Hypnosis: Examination of the Effectiveness of a Hypnosis Intervention in a Handball and Basketball Team

Winning the Game with Hypnosis: Examination of the Effectiveness of a Hypnosis Intervention in a Handball and Basketball Team - HypnoSport

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00035735

Enrollment

Registered

2024-12-16

Start date

2024-12-12

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-01

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Conditions

Competitive anxiety

Interventions

Group 1: Players of the handball team in Bad Schwartau and players of the basketball team in Chemnitz receive a hypnosis audio intervention between two games. The audio hypnosis is independently liste

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Professional handball and basketball players

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Acute and chronic mental disorder

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Competitive anxiety, measured using the CSAI-2R (Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2 Revised) Heart rate variability, measured over a 5-minute resting ECG Hand grip strength, measured using a hand dynamometer All measurements are taken during the game before and the game after the hypnosis intervention.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Team performance in the game, measured in the game before and the game after the hypnosis intervention.	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactBarbara Schmidt

Universitätsklinikum Jena

barbara@barbara-schmidt.de+49 3641 9 398043

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jun 11, 2026