SynthesisFrontiers in psychology2025
Effects of stroboscopic visual training on reaction time and decision-making ability in athletes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Integrating stroboscopic visual perturbation into a neuromuscular warm-up in adolescent male basketball players: effects on cognitive function, physical performance, and postural stability-a randomized controlled trial.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Sports vision training reduces digital eye strain in screen-exposed university students: a randomized controlled trial of visuomotor and visual-attentional adaptation.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2026Article
- Effects of stroboscopic vision training on visuomotor reaction and soccer-specific reactive agility in male collegiate soccer players: a randomized controlled intervention study.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Article
- Stroboscopic visual training in basketball: a narrative review integrating cross-sport evidence and a hypothetical framework based on the information processing model.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Review
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- The effects of stroboscopic visual training on coordination, change-of-direction, and decision-making performance in collegiate basketball players.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
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Abstract
Introduction: This systematic review and meta-analysis investigated the impact of stroboscopic vision training on athletes' reaction and decision-making ability, and examined the moderating role of key factors. Methods: Literature searches were conducted in five databases: PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, EBSCO and Scopus. Two researchers independently screened the articles and extracted the data. The risk of bias in the included studies was evaluated using the Cochrane risk of bias assessment tool. Statistical analysis was conducted using Stata 18.0 software. Meta-analysis employed a random-effects model to analyze reaction time and decision-making ability, respectively. Subgroup analysis studied the moderating effects of participants' age, sport experience, sport type, stroboscopic frequency, duty cycle, total intervention duration, weeks of intervention, intervention frequency and per session intervention duration. A total of 9 articles were included in the systematic review and meta-analysis, involving 323 athletes. Results: Studies have shown that stroboscopic vision training has a significant impact on the improvement of reaction time (SMD = -0.82, 95% CI: -1.42, -0.22, Discussion: Based on this, these findings provide certain evidence for researchers and coaches, which can assist them in conducting stroboscopic training. However, due to the limitation of a small research sample size, further studies on optimizing stroboscopic training schemes are needed in the future to maximize the cognitive performance of athletes. Systematic review registration: CRD42023418594, https://www.prisma-statement.org/prisma-2020.
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