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Title: | Evaluation of reaction time during the one-leg balance activity in young soccer players |
Other Titles: | a pilot study |
Authors: | Flôres, Fábio Saraiva Lourenço, Joana Phan, Lucy Jacobs, Simon Willig, Renata Matheus Marconcin, Priscila Ellen Pinto Casanova, Nuno Soares, Denise Clemente, Filipe Manuel Silva, Ana Filipa |
Keywords: | Soccer Motor behavior Motor development Performance Training Sports Simple reaction time Decision-making |
Issue Date: | 19-Apr-2023 |
Citation: | Flôres, F.S., Lourenço, J., Phan, L., Jacobs, S., Willig, R.M., Marconcin, P.E.P., Casanova, N., Soares, D., Clemente, F.M. & Silva, A.F.(2023). Evaluation of reaction time during the one-leg balance activity in young soccer players: a pilot study. Children, 10(4). Doi:10.3390/children10040743 |
Abstract: | This study’s aim was two-fold: (i) to test the intra-session reliability of the one-leg balance activity test; and (ii) to assess the influence of age on reaction time (RT) and the differences between dominant and non-dominant feet. Fifty young soccer players with an average age of 12.4 1.8 years were divided into two groups: younger soccer players (n = 26; 11.6 0.9 years) and older soccer players (n = 24; 14.2 0.8 years). Each group then completed four trials (two with each leg) of the one-leg balance activity (OLBA) to evaluate RT under a single-leg stance. Mean RT and the number of hits were calculated, and the best trial was also selected. T-tests and Pearson correlations were performed for statistical analysis. Values for RT were lower, and the number of hits was higher while standing on the non-dominant foot (p = 0.01). MANOVA revealed that the “Dominant Leg” factor did not affect the multivariate composite (Pillai Trace = 0.05; F(4, 43) = 0.565; p = 0.689; Partial ETASquared = 0.050; Observed Power = 0.174). The “Age” factor did not present an effect on the multivariate composite (Pillai Trace = 0.104; F(4, 43) = 1.243; p = 0.307; Partial ETA Squared = 0.104; Observed Power = 0.355). The results of the present investigation demonstrate that RT may be lower while standing on the non-dominant foot. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11960/3553 |
ISSN: | 2227-9067 |
Appears in Collections: | ESDL - Artigos indexados à WoS/Scopus |
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