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. 2021 Aug 27;18(17):9069.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph18179069.

Vision in Futsal Players: Coordination and Reaction Time

Henrique Nascimento  1 , Cristina Alvarez-Peregrina  2 , Clara Martinez-Perez  1 , Miguel Ángel Sánchez-Tena  1   3
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Vision in Futsal Players: Coordination and Reaction Time

Henrique Nascimento et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

Background: Coordination and reaction time are relevant aspects of a sport's competitive performance within teams. The aim of this study was to explore if a group of futsal players, in a laboratory context, would present better results from actions where vision is prevalent compared to a control group without contact with futsal or any other sport.

Methods: The digital system of the COI- SV software was used; six tests were selected, related to coordination ("Eye/hand coordination"; "Coordination and identification") and reaction time ("Anticipation Time"; "Peripheral response"; "reaction time"; "Visual memory").

Results: Of all the tests performed, only in the anticipation time test did the futsal players obtain better results than the control group. The average time of the failures was lower in relation to the control group. In the others, no differences were found between the two groups.

Conclusions: The futsal players did not perform better than the control group in most of the tests carried out, except in the "anticipation time". Therefore, visual training maybe necessary to improve visual skills and sports performance.

Keywords: reaction time; visual coordination; visual reaction.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Figures

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Figure 1
Positive linear relationship between the percentage of correct answers and the mean time in the anticipation time test. The point (0,0) means that there is no correct answer.
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Figure 2
Absence of relationship between the percentage of failures and the mean time in the anticipation time test.
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Figure 3
Positive linear relationship between the percentage of correct answers and the average time in the eye–hand coordination test. The point (0,0) means that there is no correct answer.
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Figure 4
Absence of relationship between the percentage of correct answers and the mean time in the coordination and identification test. The point (0,0) means that there is no correct answer.
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Figure 5
Absence of relationship between the percentage of correct answers and the mean time in the attention and peripheral response.
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Figure 6
Absence of relationship between the percentage of correct answers and the mean time in the reaction capacity. The point (0,0) means that there is no correct answer.
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Figure 7
Absence of relationship between the percentage of correct answers and the mean time in the visual memory test.
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