USING COMPUTER-GAMING TESTS TO EVALUATE HAND SIMPLE REACTION TIME TO VISUAL STIMULUS

• Main Authors: Dana Badau (Author), Adela Badau (Author), Ramona-Natalia Ungur (Author), Flaviu-Stelian Dusa (Author), Veronica Mindrescu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: ALTIUS ACADEMY Foundation - Faculty of Physical Education and Sports, 2016-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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• Notes: 1582-2168; 1582-2168
• Keywords: hand dominance; simple reaction time; frontal visual stimul; computer-gaming testing; Sports; GV557-1198.995
• Source: Sport şi Societate, Vol 16, Iss 1, Pp 29-36 (2016)

Aim. The research aimed to identify the hand reaction time to visual stimulus depending on laterality, by using the computer-gaming test. The computer technology can be applied to improve the reaction time of both dominant and non-dominant segment. Method. The research consisted of a group of 60 students from physical education and physio-kinesiotherapy specialties of UMF Tirgu Mures, aged M±SD=23.4±1.61, from which 12 subjects had left hand dominance and 48 had right hand dominance, devided in two groups: male and female (N=30). The study was carried out on October 5-15, 2015 when the students took the computer-gaming test of humanbenchmark in order to evaluate the reaction time to frontal visual stimuli. The testing was carried out with both right and left hand. Results. The computer-gaming testing for the reaction time evaluation of the right hand was X±SD=298.41±46.86, and for the left hand X±SD=278.41±42.67. The tests result analysis for both hands highlight superior results for the reaction time of the left hand, therefore: Xdifference±SD=11.08±31.75, tvalue=2.70 for p<0.05, r=0.760. Comparing the males group with the females group, the average differences for the right hand were Xdifference±SD=6.633±65.81, and for the left hand Xdifference±SD=5.533±64.80. The females' results were statistically significant. The correlation was strong for both groups. Conclusion. The research results reveal that the left hand has a reduced simple reaction time to frontal visual stimuls as opposed to the right hand, by using the computer-gaming test. The males group registered superior values as compared to the females group, for both executions. The study results show significant statistical differences and a strong correlation between the execution time of the right and left hand, in favour of the left hand which registered superior results.