Simple reaction time: A comparison between athlete beginner, intermediate and athletes experience practitioners of Muay Thai
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Faculdade Dom Bosco, Laboratorio de Bioquimica e Fisiologia do Exercicio da, Brazil
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Faculdade Dom Bosco, Laboratorio Multidisciplinar da Atividade Física e Esporte da , Brazil
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Unibrasil, Faculdades Integradas do Brasil , Brazil
The simple reaction time observed in attack and defence moves against opponents is an important ability for Muay Thai fighters. The Muay Thai event matches are known by their dynamism in blows where the athletes use their fists, elbows, knees, shins and feet to attack or defend themselves against their opponents. Such diversification of blows linked to the timing of the fight which is divided in five rounds of three minutes with one minute for rest characterize Muay Thai as a high intensity event. In high contact performance sports, particularly Muay Thai, details can make all the difference between winning and losing a fight. Considering that, it is believed that the simple reaction time can be an important variable to be investigated in the event. The objective of this study was to verify the difference in simple decision making among junior fighters (white belt), intermediate (light blue belt) and seniors (black belt)) in the Muay Thai event. 26 male athletes were analysed. Their average age was 26.23 years old ± 4.19 years. They were divided in three groups: white belt (n = 10), light blue belt (n = 8) and black belt (n = 8). The Mel Professional V2 01 Psychology Software Tools was used for the simple reaction time record. Results were compared by Kruskal – Walls rank sum test (p ≤ 0.05). The analysis of simple reaction test between the white belt group (t = 198.31 ± 61.05), the clear blue belt group (t = 195.38 ± 41.15) and the black belt group (t = 201.67 ± 51.44) did not show significant differences (p = 0.11). Results show that practice time of Muay Thai did not interfere on simple reaction time of practitioner.
Keywords:
Muay Thai,
senior fighters,
Simple reaction time
Conference:
3rd Mediterranean Conference of Neuroscience , Alexandria, Egypt, 13 Dec - 16 Dec, 2009.
Presentation Type:
Poster Presentation
Topic:
Cognition
Citation:
Ribas
MR,
Bini
TD,
Alves
RC,
Bassan
J and
Ferst
N
(2009). Simple reaction time: A comparison between athlete beginner, intermediate and athletes experience practitioners of Muay Thai.
Front. Neurosci.
Conference Abstract:
3rd Mediterranean Conference of Neuroscience .
doi: 10.3389/conf.neuro.01.2009.16.138
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Received:
24 Nov 2009;
Published Online:
24 Nov 2009.
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Correspondence:
Nilton Ferst, Faculdade Dom Bosco, Laboratorio Multidisciplinar da Atividade Física e Esporte da, Curitiba, Brazil, NiltonFerst@dombosco.com.br