Acute Effects of Dual-Task and Virtual Reality Warm-Ups on Elite Ice Hockey Athletes

74 elite youth ice hockey players participated in a randomized crossover study measuring the acute effects of 20-minute dual-task training (DTT) and virtual reality training (VRT) interventions. The study assessed performance on simple tapping and dual-task paradigms paired with speed-reading or Stroop tasks, analyzing individual responsiveness via smallest worthwhile change (SWC). Moderating variables included cognitive test scores and on-ice speed performance measurements.

Use Cases

• Analyze individual responsiveness using SWC calculations derived from pre-post intervention changes in tapping frequency.
• Correlate DTT-induced improvements in Stroop task performance with on-ice speed performance measures (ρ = .27-.39).
• Compare the effects of DTT and VRT interventions on dual-task tapping frequency paired with a speed-reading task.
• Examine the heterogeneity in athlete performance outcomes across simple tapping and the two dual-task cognitive conditions.

Strengths

• Data from 74 elite youth ice hockey athletes across U18 female, U18 male, and U20 male squads.
• Study employs a randomized crossover pre-post design for two distinct 20-minute interventions.
• Performance analysis includes smallest worthwhile change (SWC) metrics to quantify individual variability.

Limitations

• Dataset is small in scale (4.6 MB), contained within a single PDF, limiting direct computational analysis.
• Sample consists exclusively of elite youth athletes, limiting generalizability to other populations or skill levels.
• The primary data format is a published paper's PDF, requiring manual extraction for structured analysis.

Provenance

Source

Mark Brinkbäumer via figshare

Collection Method

Randomized crossover pre-post intervention study with cognitive and on-ice speed diagnostics.

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