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Abstract
Background: Fast reaction is critical in sports, and understanding the factors that influence it can be a valuable contribution for coaches and sports scientists.
Methods: This cross-sectional study presents a descriptive analysis of reaction time (RT) in a thousand adolescents and explores the influence of gender, age, and sports activity. Simple (SRT) and choice (CRT) reaction times are measured using a standardized electronic device.
Results: Results showed a decrease in RT with age, indicating improved neurocognitive efficiency during adolescence. No remarkable gender differences were found for either SRT or CRT. Contrary to expectations, competitive sports seem to have no impact on RT, and some sedentary individuals exhibited faster RTs than athletes. Mixed results were observed when comparing tennis players and athletes from other sports between the two genders.
Conclusions: The outcomes suggest that RT may be more influenced by specific training and other factors (i.e., cognitive-attentive and personal) rather than general sports participation.
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The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness publishes scientific papers relating to the area of the applied physiology, preventive medicine, sports medicine and traumatology, sports psychology. Manuscripts may be submitted in the form of editorials, original articles, review articles, case reports, special articles, letters to the Editor and guidelines.
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