RESULTS
Table 1 shows the distribution of participants across 4
age categories (mean ± SD).
Baseline Analyses:
The results from baseline measurement for both
intervention and control groups, had similar scores
(66.0±4.1 vs. 66.8±4.5). Further analysis for age
categories revealed that there were not significant
differences between performances of players in each
imagery or control subgroups (P>0.05) (Table2).
Outcome analysis:
GEE analysis on post intervention records indicated
that successful pass rate increased significantly in the
intervention group compared to control (OR=1.19, P=
0.002, 95%CI=1.06-1.33) (Fig. 2). In addition, different
age categories were also analyzed which demonstrated
an enhancement in performance index in the imagery
compared to control subgroup in U16 (OR=1.22, P=
0.04, 95%CI=1.01-1.48) and U21 (OR=1.41, P