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Trial no.: PACTR202003492538049 Date of Approval: 18/03/2020
Trial Status: Retrospective registration - This trial was registered after enrolment of the first participant
TRIAL DESCRIPTION
Public title Effect of Motor Mental Imagery Training on Tennis Service Performance during Ramadan: a Randomized and Controlled Trial
Official scientific title Effect of Motor Mental Imagery Training on Tennis Service Performance during Ramadan: a Randomized and Controlled Trial
Brief summary describing the background and objectives of the trial The objective of the study is to analyze the effect of motor mental imagery training on tennis service performance among tennis athletes who fast during Ramadan. Participants were 38 young male tennis players, randomly divided into two groups: Imaging Training (IMG, n = 18) and control group (CG, n = 20). The CG has watched videos on the history of the Olympic Games, while IMG has followed a training program in motor imagery. The performance of the tennis service was obtained by the product between accuracy and speed of typing [accuracy x average speed of all shots (km / h)]. The effect of group / time interaction (p <0.01) was identified for all performance indicators [accuracy, running speed and performance (speed x precision)], with improvement only in IMG (p = .01). The results showed that motor imagery training could be an effective strategy for delineating the negative effects of Ramadan on the performance of tennis services.
Type of trial RCT
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Disease(s) or condition(s) being studied Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Sub-Disease(s) or condition(s) being studied
Purpose of the trial Education /Training
Anticipated trial start date 01/06/2017
Actual trial start date
Anticipated date of last follow up 06/08/2017
Actual Last follow-up date
Anticipated target sample size (number of participants) 38
Actual target sample size (number of participants)
Recruitment status Completed
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STUDY DESIGN
Intervention assignment Allocation to intervention If randomised, describe how the allocation sequence was generated Describe how the allocation sequence/code was concealed from the person allocating the participants to the intervention arms Masking If masking / blinding was used
Crossover: all participants receive all interventions in different sequence during study Randomised Simple randomization using a randomization table created by a computer software program Allocation was determined by the holder of the sequence who is situated off site Open-label(Masking Not Used)
INTERVENTIONS
Intervention type Intervention name Dose Duration Intervention description Group size Nature of control
Control Group Technical and physical training only 3 training session 2 hours/day by week 1 Month Technical and physical training 20 Placebo
Experimental Group Technical and physical training with external motor imaging program 3 training session, 2 hours/day by week 1 month IMG has followed a training program in motor imagery. 18
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
List inclusion criteria List exclusion criteria Age Category Minimum age Maximum age Gender
be a tennis athlete for at least two years; systematically train tennis for at least six hours a week; registered at the National Tennis Championship. They were recruited because they declared that they will willing to fast throughout the month of Ramadan be a tennis athlete less than two years train tennis less than six hours a week Not registered at the National Tennis Championship will not fast hroughout the month of Ramadan Adolescent: 13 Year-18 Year 14 Year(s) 17 Year(s) Male
ETHICS APPROVAL
Has the study received appropriate ethics committee approval Date the study will be submitted for approval Date of approval Name of the ethics committee
Yes 03/05/2017 the ethical committee of the Farhat Hached Hospital. comit de protection des personnes sud CPPSUD
Ethics Committee Address
Street address City Postal code Country
sousse sousse 4000 Tunisia
OUTCOMES
Type of outcome Outcome Timepoint(s) at which outcome measured
Primary Outcome A decrease in the performance of tennis services (accuracy and typing speed) for CG at T2 and T3 compared to T0, confirming other studies showing a decline in Physical performance during Ramadan T0 : before ramadan / T1 : in the beginning of Ramadan / T2 : middle of Ramadan / T3 : the end of Ramadan
Primary Outcome he Ramadan motor imaging training program delineates the negative effect of fasting on the performance of tennis services (accuracy and typing speed) The accuracy of the service measured in our survey was lower at the beginning of Ramadan (T1) and in the middle of Ramadan (T2) than at the beginning and end of Ramadan, respectively at (T0) and (T3). While the service accuracy measured at the end of Ramadan (T3) did not differ from that measured before Ramadan (T0). T0 : before of ramadan / T1 : in the beginning of Ramadan / T2 : the middle of Ramadan / T3 : the end of Ramadan
Secondary Outcome no significant difference has been identified between IMG and CG before starting the intervention, which indicates the homogeneity of the groups. that no significant difference was identified for body mass and body mass index (BMI) at T1 compared to T0. However, significant differences were observed in T2 and T3 compared to T0. T0 : Before ramadan / T1 : in the beginning of ramadan / T2 : In the middle of ramadan / T3 : in the end of Ramadan
RECRUITMENT CENTRES
Name of recruitment centre Street address City Postal code Country
Tennis club of Msaken Msaken Sousse 4070 Tunisia
Tennis club of Sousse Sousse Sousse 4000 Tunisia
FUNDING SOURCES
Name of source Street address City Postal code Country
Soffien Fkih Msaken Sousse 4070 Tunisia
SPONSORS
Sponsor level Name Street address City Postal code Country Nature of sponsor
Primary Sponsor Higher institute of sports and physical education Gafsa Gafsa 2100 Tunisia University
Secondary Sponsor TENNIS CLUB OF Msaken Msaken Sousse 4070 Tunisia Other Collaborative Groups
COLLABORATORS
Name Street address City Postal code Country
laboratory of physiology of the faculty of medecine of sousse Sousse Sousse 4000 Tunisia
CONTACT PEOPLE
Role Name Email Phone Street address
Principal Investigator Sofien Fekih Sofienfekih06@gmail.com +21625942041 Msaken
City Postal code Country Position/Affiliation
Sousse 4070 Tunisia higher institute of sports and physical education of gafsa
Role Name Email Phone Street address
Scientific Enquiries Mohamed Sami Zguira sami-zguira@hotmail.fr +21622776775 Kairouan
City Postal code Country Position/Affiliation
Kairouan 3100 Tunisia higher institute of sports and physical education of gafsa
Role Name Email Phone Street address
Public Enquiries Mohammed Jarraya jarrayam@yahoo.fr +21640423532 Sfax
City Postal code Country Position/Affiliation
Sfax 3100 Tunisia higher institute of sports and physical education of Sfax
REPORTING
Share IPD Description Additional Document Types Sharing Time Frame Key Access Criteria
Yes the data collected during the study will be published with the test Study Protocol Informed consent form, study protocol Free access will be allowed to obtain the data, please send an e-mail to fkih2007@hotmail.com
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