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 Volume 9, Issue 11 (November 2022), Pages: 136-143

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 Original Research Paper

 Associations of whole body reaction time with anaerobic power performance among Saudi athletes in different sports

 Author(s): Abdulrahman M. Alhowikan 1, Reema A. Altaweraqi 1, Dost M. Halepoto 1, *, Hazzaa M. Al-Hazzaa 2

 Affiliation(s):

 1Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
 2Lifestyle and Health Sciences Research Centre, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7705-8348

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 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2022.11.017

 Abstract:

This study aims to analyze the associations between whole-body reaction-movement time (RT) and anaerobic power performance among Saudi athletes participating in different sports. Fifty athletes (age 18-26 years) of four different sport groups representing sprinters (SP, n=12), fencers (FN, n=13), table tennis player (TT, n=12) long-distance runner (LD, n=13), and one non-athlete group (NA, n=8) participated in the study. All groups performed Wingate Anaerobic Test (WAnT), and the vertical jump (VJ) test. RT was recorded using a sound (RT-S), light (RT-L), and a choice of light (RT-C). There were no significant differences in reaction-movement time between LD, SP, FN, TT, or NA groups. However, tests between subjects showed significant differences relative to sport type in muscular power (p=0.011), absolute maximal anaerobic power (p=0.008), absolute average anaerobic power in 30 seconds (p=0.001), average anaerobic power relative to body weight (p=0.007), and in fatigue index (p=0.028). Fencers recorded the highest values in absolute anaerobic power, absolute average power in 30 seconds, and average anaerobic power relative to body mass. Sprinters showed the highest decrement in anaerobic power during the 30-second test (18.7±6.0 watts/sec). Partial correlation coefficients (r) of selected anthropometric variables with reaction time and anaerobic power were calculated. This study showed that there were no significant changes in reaction-movement time between LD, SP, FN, TT, or NA groups. However, tests between subjects showed significant differences relative to sport type in muscular power, absolute maximal anaerobic power, absolute average anaerobic power in 30 seconds, average anaerobic power relative to body weight, and fatigue index.

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 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords: Anaerobic power, Reaction time, Sports, Anaerobic capacity, Wingate test

 Article History: Received 9 March 2022, Received in revised form 1 August 2022, Accepted 3 August 2022

 Acknowledgment 

The authors would like to express gratitude to the College of Medicine Research Center, Deanship of Scientific Research, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for sponsoring and supporting this study.

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 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

 Alhowikan AM, Altaweraqi RA, Halepoto DM, and Al-Hazzaa HM (2022). Associations of whole body reaction time with anaerobic power performance among Saudi athletes in different sports. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 9(11): 136-143

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