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Effect of a Specific and General Physical Exercise Intervention on Gaming and E-Sport Performance

NCT06264375 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 28

Last updated 2024-04-23

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Summary

The goal of this randomized control intervention study is to test the effect of i) a specific physical training for e-sport and ii) a general physical training on e-sport performance, compared to iii) not training physically at all.

Participants are gamers and e-athletes who play at least \>2hours peer week. The main questions it aims to answer are:

* Does physical training have an effect on e-sport related abilities (hand grip strength, reaction, anticipation)
* Does the training of specific elements, which aim at these abilities "out-game", transfer on the actual skills needed using a keyboard and mouse

Participants will be randomly - but mediated by hours of playing per week - distributed in 1 of 3 groups.

* Group 1 will 3 times per week for 30 minutes perform a specific physical training with focus on abilities needed in e-sport (grip strength, reaction, anticipation) over a timespan of 8 weeks.
* Group 2 will perform a similar physical training (load, intensity) to Group 1, but without specific elements.
* Group 3 will serve as control group without any training.

Researchers will compare Group 1, Group 2 and Groups 3 to see if the different trainings (Group 1 and Group 2) have different effect on e-sport performance and if no training (Group 3) differs in e-sport performance development.

Conditions

  • Physical Activity

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Physical exercise

see group description

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Universitaet Innsbruck

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Felix Wachholz, PhD · Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
10 Years
Max Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-01-19
Primary Completion
2024-04-19
Completion
2024-09-30

Countries

  • Austria

Study Locations

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