Effect of Music on Mental and Physical Performance in Young Tennis Players

NCT ID: NCT06913686

Last Updated: 2025-04-06

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 50 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2025-06-30
• Study Completion Date: 2025-09-30

Brief Summary

Optimal athletic performance is the result of a synergy between physical abilities and mental skills. Faced with increasing pressure in the world of tennis, athletes are constantly seeking new methods to optimize their performance. Music is a non-pharmacological tool that has demonstrated its effectiveness in reducing anxiety and improving sports performance. This innovative study explores the use of music as a tool to enhance the physical and mental abilities of young Tunisian tennis players. The results of this research could revolutionize training practices and offer new tools to help athletes reach their full potential.

Work objectives: Evaluate the impact of a musical intervention on the physical and mental performance of athletes, particularly young tennis players.

Conditions

Physical Performances; Mental Performances

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Child and adolescents tennis players

child and adolescent tennis players in the competitive category who are enrolled in the tennis club of La Marsa, Tunis in Tunisia and regularly engage in tennis practice.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Music intervention

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

experimental controlled study will be conducted at the La Marsa tennis club in Tunis, Tunisia, utilizing a rigorous methodology to collect data from competitive young tennis players aged 12-18. This study employs a three-phase design: first, participants' musical preferences are profiled to create personalized music sequences; second, their mental performance is evaluated through pre- and post-intervention questionnaires measuring perception of success, emotional state, emotion regulation, and flow, with a 45-minute training session followed by a music-accompanied exercise; and third, physical performance is assessed using a battery of tests for muscular strength, endurance, agility, and flexibility, conducted both with and without music to determine its impact.

Data collection will be done using a questionnaire that has been developed based on the literature.

Interventions

Music intervention

experimental controlled study will be conducted at the La Marsa tennis club in Tunis, Tunisia, utilizing a rigorous methodology to collect data from competitive young tennis players aged 12-18. This study employs a three-phase design: first, participants' musical preferences are profiled to create personalized music sequences; second, their mental performance is evaluated through pre- and post-intervention questionnaires measuring perception of success, emotional state, emotion regulation, and flow, with a 45-minute training session followed by a music-accompanied exercise; and third, physical performance is assessed using a battery of tests for muscular strength, endurance, agility, and flexibility, conducted both with and without music to determine its impact.

Data collection will be done using a questionnaire that has been developed based on the literature.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Competitive category : Participants must be regular tennis players (number of hours per week) who engage in organized tennis activities (e.g., regular training or participation in competitions).
• Agreement to participate: Participants (players and/or their legal representatives) who agree to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

• Player's age <10 and > 18 years.
• Non-regular young tennis players (Recreational category): Participants who do not engage in tennis practice regularly.
• Diagnosed psychiatric disorder
• Hearing disorder Severe hearing impairments and certain types of tinnitus. Severe neurological disorders: auditory epilepsy and musicogenic epilepsy (audiogenic seizures are a rare neurological condition characterized by seizures triggered by auditory stimulation).

Amusia and musical deafness (a neurological anomaly where rhythm, melody, and musical chords are not perceived).

Specific psychological issues. Personal sensitivities to certain types of music. History of trauma related to music (intense emotional reactions to certain types of music).

• Refusal to participate: Participants (players and/or their legal epresentatives) who refuse to participate in the study.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 10 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Faculty of Medicine, Sousse

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Saoussen Layouni

Associate professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

TUN

Sousse, , Tunisia

Countries

Tunisia

Central Contacts

Saoussen Layouni, Associate Professor

Role: CONTACT

layouni.saoussen@FAMSO.u-sousse.tn

+216 52 78 51 63

Facility Contacts

Saoussen Layouni, Associate Professor

Role: primary

layouni.saoussen@FAMSO.u-sousse.tn

+216 52 78 51 63

Other Identifiers

Department of physical medicin

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id