Benefits of Regular Table Tennis Practice in Body Composition and Physical Fitness Compared to Physically Active Children Aged 10–11 Years

Fuente, Francisco Pradas de la; Ara, Ignacio; Toro, Víctor; Courel-Ibáñez, Javier

doi:10.3390/ijerph18062854

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“…Specifically, the benefits of playing table tennis are related with handeye coordination, balance, coordination, brain stimulation and development of cognitive functions, development of body composition, and improving fat distribution [1]. Furthermore, as previous studies mentioned before, children who regularly play table tennis have greater bone development and superior physical fitness (strength, range of movement, and cardiovascular fitness) compared to those who are physically active, while benefits in muscle strength and neuromotor skills are shown to be maintained in older people [8]. Besides, this sport has been recommended as a tool for increasing physical activity [6].…”

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“…Table tennis players are required to hit the ball over 30 times per minute during rallies no longer than 4 s, with resting times shorter than 15 s [9], with the ball travelling at high speed (>50 km•h −1 ), forcing players to respond in milliseconds [8]. Consequently, many table tennis experts have pointed out that motor skills and physical fitness are important traits in table tennis [10].…”

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“…Consequently, many table tennis experts have pointed out that motor skills and physical fitness are important traits in table tennis [10]. Concretely, high levels of speed, agility, coordination, reaction time, strength, and flexibility are essential to perform the different techniques correctly [8][9][10][11]. In order to study the physical capacities required in different sports, many tests have been used to assess upper and lower body strength, change of direction ability (CODA), flexibility and acceleration, among others [8,[11][12][13][14][15].…”

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“…Concretely, high levels of speed, agility, coordination, reaction time, strength, and flexibility are essential to perform the different techniques correctly [8][9][10][11]. In order to study the physical capacities required in different sports, many tests have been used to assess upper and lower body strength, change of direction ability (CODA), flexibility and acceleration, among others [8,[11][12][13][14][15]. Specifically, previous studies have analyzed the differences in these capacities in different age groups of table tennis players [8,16,17].…”

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“…In order to study the physical capacities required in different sports, many tests have been used to assess upper and lower body strength, change of direction ability (CODA), flexibility and acceleration, among others [8,[11][12][13][14][15]. Specifically, previous studies have analyzed the differences in these capacities in different age groups of table tennis players [8,16,17]. In particular, Pradas et al [8] found that 10-11-years-old table tennis players performed better in upper limb strength, range of motion of the lower back and cardiovascular fitness than physical active but not engaged in a regular physical activity.…”

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Physical Fitness Profiling of National Category Table Tennis Players: Implication for Health and Performance

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Yanci

2021

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The aims of this study were to: (1) analyze table tennis players’ physical profiles considering and comparing players age categories (i.e., under U12, U14, U16, U20, Senior and Older); and (2) to quantify the correlations among the variables measured by each test. Seventy-one table tennis players (61 men and 10 women, 19.7 ± 11.23 years, 1.65 ± 0.13 m, 59.71 ± 17.72 kg and 21.60 ± 4.22 kg/m2) divided into six age groups, performed a sprint test, forearm isometric strength test, countermovement vertical test, countermovement horizontal test, change of direction ability (CODA) test and flexibility test. U14 players performed better than U12 in all tests (ES = −0.70 to 1.98, moderate to large) except in Sit and Reach (SAR) test (ES = 0.19, trivial). The U16 group also obtained better results than U14 in all tests (ES = 0.77 to −2.31, moderate to large) except for the SAR test (ES = 0.19, trivial). The U20 group performed better than U16 in all the tests (ES = 0.73 to −1.53, moderate to large) except for the 5 m sprint test (ES = −0.02, trivial), 10 m sprint test (ES = −0.51, moderate) and SAR (ES = 0.11, trivial). Differences between Senior and U20 were only found in the arm swing counter movement jump (CMJAS) (ES = −0.82, large) and modified agility test (MAT) (ES = 1.19, large), with the U20 group being better in both variables. The senior group performed better in the MAT test than the older group (ES = 0.94, large). The relation found between forearm isometric strength, vertical jump, horizontal jump, sprint and CODA ability (r = −0.53; ±0.14, 0/0/100, most likely to r = 0.83; ±0.06, 100/0/0, most likely) indicates that these capacities are related in table tennis players. Nevertheless, the lack of association between the sit and reach test with the other capacities may indicate that flexibility is an independent capacity.

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Effect of virtual reality-based exercise and physical exercise on adolescents with overweight and obesity: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Wu,

Han,

et al. 2023

BMJ Open

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IntroductionObesity is a complex and multifactorial disease that has affected many adolescents in recent decades. Clinical practice guidelines recommend exercise as the key treatment option for adolescents with overweight and obesity. However, the effects of virtual reality (VR) exercise on the physical and brain health of adolescents with overweight and obese remain unclear. This study aims to evaluate the effects of physical and VR exercises on physical and brain outcomes and explore the differences in benefits between them. Moreover, we will apply a multiomics analysis to investigate the mechanism underlying the effects of physical and VR exercises on adolescents with overweight and obesity.Methods and analysisThis randomised controlled clinical trial will include 220 adolescents with overweight and obesity aged between 11 and 17 years. The participants will be randomised into five groups after screening. Participants in the exercise groups will perform an exercise programme by adding physical or VR table tennis or soccer classes to routine physical education classes in schools three times a week for 8 weeks. Participants in the control group will maintain their usual physical activity. The primary outcome will be the change in body fat mass measured using bioelectrical impedance analysis. The secondary outcomes will include changes in other physical health-related parameters, brain health-related parameters and multiomics variables.Ethics and disseminationThis study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Shanghai Sixth People’s Hospital and registered in the Chinese Clinical Trial Registry. Dissemination of the findings will include peer-reviewed publications, conference presentations and media releases.Trial registration numberChiCTR2300068786.

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Age-Related, Sport-Specific Dysfunctions of the Shoulder and Pelvic Girdle in Athletes Table Tennis Players. Observational Study

Iordan

Mocanu

et al. 2021

Balneo and PRM Research Journal

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Background: Postural skills are fundamental in motor activities, so far no evidence of a direct relationship has been found, it is therefore recommended to consider the following directions, the higher the level of sports competition, the better the body posture; or better athletes also have a better body posture. Around the age of 11-14 years, it is a period of aggressive development, if the rapid growth of the bone system is not associated and symmetrical with the development of soft tissues serious postural deficiencies may develop in table tennis players. Methods: We used the web camera – photographic method (38) related to the Sensor Medica software that allows the acquisition of images in order to detect postural deficiencies and we considered it necessary to have a clear image of the level of technical-tactical training of female juniors III using 5 tests specific to topspin attack in order to assess the influence of body posture on such tests. Eighteen female juniors III (the mean ± SD age, height and weight were 11.1 ± 0.2 years, 147.7 ± 2.6 cm, 39.0 ± 2.0 kg). Descriptive statistical analysis was performed on the procedures for establishing the normality of data distribution, Levene's Test for Equality of Variances, the t test for independent samples. The confidence interval was set at 95% (p < 0.05), Results and Conclusions: Since Sig. (2-tailed) or p < α = 0.001 and taking into account that the confidence interval limits for the difference between the sample mean and the reference value (95% CI for the mean difference) do not contain the zero value, it is accepted that there are statistically significant differences between the shoulder inclination for the female athletes in the sample studied and the reference value. We identified that at the level of alignment between anatomical landmarks, the percentage of deficiency of the entire lot of female juniors III in the case of shoulders is 100% and at the level of PSIS is 66%, which validates several studies that stated that in this period of aggressive growth correlated with repetitive unilateral executions specific to the topspin attack lead to postural deficiencies. In terms of the influence of body posture on the quality level, we identified that Group 1 – (without PSIS imbalance) has a higher average overall efficiency of the 5 tests (11.33) compared to Group 2 (8.58), even if from a statistical point of view these differences are not significant. Keywords: Body posture, Asimmetry, Topspin attack, Table tennis, Sensor Medica,

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Benefits of Regular Table Tennis Practice in Body Composition and Physical Fitness Compared to Physically Active Children Aged 10–11 Years

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References 57 publications

Physical Fitness Profiling of National Category Table Tennis Players: Implication for Health and Performance

Physical Fitness Profiling of National Category Table Tennis Players: Implication for Health and Performance

Effect of virtual reality-based exercise and physical exercise on adolescents with overweight and obesity: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Age-Related, Sport-Specific Dysfunctions of the Shoulder and Pelvic Girdle in Athletes Table Tennis Players. Observational Study

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