Department of Physiology, Shri. M. P. Shah Medical College, Jamnagar (Gujarat), India
Online published on 13 February, 2013.
Reaction time is duration between application of a stimulus to onset of response. Visual reaction time is time required to response to visual stimuli. The present study was conducted to measure visual reaction time in 100 subjects (50 Badminton players and 50 healthy controls).
The visual reaction time was measured by the direct RT computerized software in healthy controls and Badminton players. Simple visual reaction time is measured. During the reaction time testing, visual stimuli were given for eighteen times and average reaction time was taken as the final reaction time.
The study shows that Badminton players had faster reaction time than healthy controls.
Our study concluded that persons involved in sports are having good reaction time as compared to controls. These results support the view that playing of Badminton is beneficial to eye-hand reaction time, improve the concentration and alertness.
Reaction Time, Badminton players, Visual Reaction Time, Alertness
