Cerezuela Juan-Leandro, Lirola Maria-Jesus, Cangas Adolfo J
Faculty of Education Sciences, University of Almería, Almería, Spain.
Department of Psychology, University of Almería, Almería, Spain.
Front Psychol. 2023 Feb 21;14:1137047. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1137047. eCollection 2023.
Physical activity has been extensively studied and numerous mental health benefits have been found. Pickleball is an emerging racquet sport, which is characterized by its accessibility to all audiences and has become especially popular in the United States among the elderly. It is a novel team game and its inclusive nature is innovative for health improvement. The purpose of this systematic review was to review and evaluate existing studies that have examined the effects of pickleball on the mental and psychological health of individuals.
A systematic review was conducted on articles found in Scopus, PubMed, Elsevier, Web of Science (WoS), PsyINFO, Dialnet, and Elton B. Stephens Company (EBESCO) from 1975 to the present. The keywords used was a five combination between "Pickleball" joint with different terms by the connector AND, the second part of the combo could be "mental disorder" OR "anxiety" OR "depression" OR "psychological health" OR "mental health." Eligibility criteria included: papers focused on pickleball, in English or Spanish, on mental health variables, without establishing an age range. We excluded duplicate works, without access or that did not address the objective of this study.
The search resulted in 63 papers, of which 13 were selected. A total of 90.74% of the population were people over 50 years of age. The results show significant improvements in the different psychological variables measured in pickleball practitioners: personal wellbeing, life satisfaction, depression, stress, happiness, etc., pickleball shows potential as a new tool to work and improve people's mental health.
The pickleball is displayed as an inclusive sport that does not need adaptations, resulting of great interest to be worked in different populations with mental problems.
体育活动已得到广泛研究，并发现了众多对心理健康有益的方面。匹克球是一项新兴的球拍类运动，其特点是所有受众都易于参与，在美国尤其受老年人欢迎。它是一种新颖的团队运动，其包容性本质在促进健康方面具有创新性。本系统评价的目的是回顾和评估现有研究，这些研究考察了匹克球对个体心理和精神健康的影响。
对1975年至今在Scopus、PubMed、爱思唯尔、科学网（WoS）、PsyINFO、Dialnet和埃尔顿·B·斯蒂芬斯公司（EBESCO）中找到的文章进行系统评价。使用的关键词是“匹克球”与不同术语通过“AND”连接词组成的五种组合，组合的第二部分可以是“精神障碍”或“焦虑”或“抑郁”或“心理健康”或“精神健康”。纳入标准包括：专注于匹克球的论文，英文或西班牙文，涉及心理健康变量，未设定年龄范围。我们排除了重复作品、无法获取的作品或未涉及本研究目标的作品。
检索结果为63篇论文，其中13篇被选中。总共90.74%的研究对象为50岁以上人群。结果显示，匹克球参与者在不同心理变量方面有显著改善：个人幸福感、生活满意度、抑郁、压力、幸福感等，匹克球显示出作为一种改善人们心理健康的新工具的潜力。
匹克球是一项无需调整即可适应的包容性运动，对于在不同精神问题人群中开展具有很大吸引力。
