Training Using a Commercial Immersive Virtual Reality System on Hand-Eye Coordination and Reaction Time in Young Musicians: A Pilot Study

doi:10.3390/ijerph18031297

. 2021 Feb 1;18(3):1297.

doi: 10.3390/ijerph18031297.

Training Using a Commercial Immersive Virtual Reality System on Hand-Eye Coordination and Reaction Time in Young Musicians: A Pilot Study

Sebastian Rutkowski¹, Mateusz Adamczyk², Agnieszka Pastuła², Edyta Gos², Carlos Luque-Moreno³, Anna Rutkowska¹

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¹ Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy, Opole University of Technology, 45-758 Opole, Poland.
² Descartes' Error Student Research Association, Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy, Opole University of Technology, 45-758 Opole, Poland.
³ Nursing and Physiotherapy Department, University of Cadiz, 11003 Cadiz, Spain.

PMID: 33535539
PMCID: PMC7908336
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18031297

Training Using a Commercial Immersive Virtual Reality System on Hand-Eye Coordination and Reaction Time in Young Musicians: A Pilot Study

Sebastian Rutkowski et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021.

. 2021 Feb 1;18(3):1297.

doi: 10.3390/ijerph18031297.

Authors

Sebastian Rutkowski¹, Mateusz Adamczyk², Agnieszka Pastuła², Edyta Gos², Carlos Luque-Moreno³, Anna Rutkowska¹

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy, Opole University of Technology, 45-758 Opole, Poland.
² Descartes' Error Student Research Association, Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy, Opole University of Technology, 45-758 Opole, Poland.
³ Nursing and Physiotherapy Department, University of Cadiz, 11003 Cadiz, Spain.

PMID: 33535539
PMCID: PMC7908336
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18031297

Abstract

The implementation of virtual reality (VR) opens up a wide range of possibilities for the development of dexterity, speed and precision of movements. The aim of this study was to investigate whether immersive VR training affected the hand-eye coordination and reaction time in students of the state music school. This study implemented a single-group pre-post study design. This study enrolled 14 individuals, submitted to a 15 min training session of the immersive music game "Beat Saber", once a day for 5 consecutive days. The plate-tapping test (PTT) and the ruler-drop test (Ditrich's test) were used to assess the reaction time. Trial-making test (TMT) A and TMT B were used to assess coordination and visual attention. Analysis of the results showed a statistically significant improvement in hand-eye coordination and reaction time of music school students using the TMT-A (p < 0.002), TMT-B (p < 0.001), Ditrich's test for the non-dominant hand (0.025) and PTT (0.0001) after applying a week-long training period in immersive VR. The results obtained in the present study show that the VR system, along with the immersive music game, has the potential to improve hand-eye coordination and reaction time in young musicians, which may lead to the faster mastering of a musical instrument.

Keywords: TMT; VR; hand–eye coordination; immersion; reaction time; virtual reality.

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[1] Mayer A.B., Caminiti R. Parieto-frontal networks for eye-hand coordination and movements. Handb. Clin. Neurol. 2018;151:499–524. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-63622-5.00026-7. - DOI - PubMed

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Training Using a Commercial Immersive Virtual Reality System on Hand-Eye Coordination and Reaction Time in Young Musicians: A Pilot Study

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