TY - JOUR JO - Biology of Sport SN - 0860-021X VL - 35 IS - 4 PY - 2018 ID - Ardigò2018 TI - Vibration effect on ball score test in international vs. national level table tennis AB - In table tennis, motor skills are crucial for discriminating player level. However, there is a dearth of studies exploring the impact of a vibrational stimulus on performance. Thirty-four male players (age 25±2 years; body mass index, BMI 23.4±1.2 kg·m-2) participated in the study. Seventeen played at international level (IL), while the remaining 17 played at national level (NL). The participants underwent a ball-handling test, the ball score, before (PRE) and after (POST) a vibrational stimulus. Intra-class correlation (ICC) for the ball score result showed good reliability (ICC 0.87 for IL and 0.80 for NL). Repeated measures ANOVA showed differences between groups for ball score (p=0.000) and a significant group×time interaction (p=0.004). Better performances were observed for the IL group than for the NL group, significantly only for POST. Vibration produced positive and negative effects in IL and NL groups, respectively. AU - Ardigò, Luca P. AU - Iacono, Antonio Dello AU - Zagatto, Alessandro M. AU - Bragazzi, Nicola L. AU - Kuvacic, Goran AU - Bellafiore, Marianna AU - Padulo, Johnny SP - 329 EP - 334 DA - 2018 DO - 10.5114/biolsport.2018.78051 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/biolsport.2018.78051 ER -