NCT05573971

Verbal Encouragement in Swimming

The Effect of Verbal Encouragement on Performance and Muscle Fatigue in Swimming

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universita degli Studi di Genova · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Verbal encouragement (VE) is used to enhance the performance in several sports, even though no studies have been conducted in swimmers and no effects have been reported in elite athletes by some Authors. Besides influencing motor performance, VE is also known to enhance the physical load, thus increasing the probability of developing fatigue. The aim of this research was to study VE in swimmers by evaluating both chronometric performance and muscle fatigue (using sEMG).

Conditions

• Healthy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	with verbal encouragement	Each athlete swam a maximal 200m freestyle trial in two different conditions: one trial with verbal encouragement and the other without verbal encouragement

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-02-02
• Primary completion: 2022-03-07
• Completion: 2022-09-29
• First posted: 2022-10-10
• Last updated: 2022-10-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Italy