The effects of table tennis on the eyesight of primary and middle school students: A meta-analysis
Wei Shen, Ming Li, Jie Wu, Huihui Xie, Li Liu, Han Li
Molecular & Cellular Biomechanics, Vol.22, No.2,
22(2), 1099
, 2025, DOI: 10.62617/mcb1099
Abstract:
Objective: To systematically evaluate the influence of table tennis on the eyesight of primary and secondary school students. Methods: Literature research was conducted by computerized search of CNKI, Wanfang, and VIP databases, Web of Science, Embase, PubMed, and The Cochrane Library databases for randomized controlled trials on table tennis exercise on students’ visual health. Traditional Meta-analysis, subgroup analysis and sensitivity analysis were performed sequentially using Stata 17.0 and Review Manager 5.4 (RevMan5.4 for short). Results: A total of 11 papers with 670 study participants were included for analysis. The effect of table tennis exercise on students’ visual acuity improvement was statistically significant in the experimental group compared to the control group, whose total effect of the literature showed that the left eye [SMD = 1.41, 95% CI (0.95, 1.87), Z = 6.02, P < 0.001] and the right eye [SMD = 1.59, 95% CI (1.08, 2.11), Z = 6.07, P < 0.001] ; subgroup analysis also showed that table tennis sport intervened on left eye vision [SMD = 1.51, 95% CI (0.89, 2.13), P < 0.001] and right eye vision [SMD = 1.72, 95% CI (1.01, 2.42), P < 0.001] in primary school students versus table tennis sport in secondary school students’ left eye vision [SMD = 1.23, 95% CI (0.68, 1.78), P < 0.001], and right eye visual acuity [SMD =1.33, 95% CI (0.99, 1.67), P < 0.001] were statistically significant for prevention and protection of vision. Conclusion: Table tennis exercise interventions have been shown to have a positive effect on preventing and protecting the visual health of primary and secondary school students, and different table tennis exercise cycles, exercise duration, and frequency of exercise and other sports also have a significant effect on preventing and protecting the visual health of primary and secondary school students.