Athletic Performance, Sports Physical Therapy
Conditions
Keywords
Sports Physical Therapy, Athletic Performance, Fencing, Tele-exercise
Brief summary
Tele-exercise has been used to enhance athletic performance among athletes. Physical performance indicators such as lunge distance, speed, reaction time, coordination, and balance control during stationary jumps can be used to measure the effectiveness of tele-exercise programs for fencing athletes. The objective of this study was to examine the effectiveness of tele-exercise programs on lunge distance, speed, reaction time, coordination, and balance control during stationary jumps among male elite fencers.
Interventions
The tele-exercise program focused on lunge movement with additional strengthening abdominal and lumbopelvic muscle training while maintaining neuromuscular control. The difficulty of training was adjusted every week according to the five-step mastery program
OTHERConventional Fencing Exercise
The conventional exercise was based on 'displacement', a basic footwork training in fencing. The Displacement is also basic footwork to approach the opponent. The Displacement consisted of seven movements including 'Marche', 'Retraite & Rompre', 'Passe avant', 'Passe arrière', 'Bond en avant', 'Bond en arrière', and 'Balestra'.
Sponsors
Sahmyook University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
TRIPLE (Subject, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 30 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* who are registered to Elite Fencer to both Korean Sports & Olympic Committee and Korean Fencing Federation; * who does not have a history of musculoskeletal or neurological injuries in the past six months; * who have no physical limitations.
Exclusion criteria
* Those who have the experience of participating in experiments in the past year * who refuses to participate or provide written consent.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lunge speed | changes from baseline after intervention at 4 weeks | Speed to perform a single lunge is one of the essential physical ability for fencing athletes. |
| Lunge distance | changes from baseline after intervention at 4 weeks | Distance travelled to perform a single lunge is one of the essential physical ability for fencing athletes. |
| Reaction time | changes from baseline after intervention at 4 weeks | Reaction time is one of the essential physical ability for fencing athletes that can be measured by the time required to move when subject hear a signal |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Accurate repeatability of stationary hops | changes from baseline after intervention at 4 weeks | The distances between repeated hops can evaluate coordination and balance control |
Countries
South Korea
Outcome results
None listed