Effect of Body Mass Index and Age on Visual Reaction Time in Recreational badminton Players. A Cross-Sectional Study Singhal Rrutu Rajkumar1, Prabhakar Ashish2,*, Krishnan K Shyam2, Alaparthi gopala Krishna3 1BPT Department of Physiotherapy, Kasturba Medical College (Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE)), Bejai, Mangalore 2Asst. Professor, Senior scale, Kasturba Medical College (Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE)), Bejai, Mangalore 3Associate Professor, Kasturba Medical College (Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE)), Bejai, Mangalore *Corresponding Author: Mr. Ashish J Prabhakar. MPT Asst-professor, Senior Scale Department of Physiotherapy, Kasturba Medical College (Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE)), Bejai, Mangalore-575004 Mobile: +91-8123223092 Email: ashp22@gmail.com
Online published on 5 May, 2018. Abstract Purpose To analyse the relationship between Body Mass Index (BMI) and reaction time in recreational badminton players. Methodology 52 healthy recreational badminton players who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria were selected for a cross sectional study. Reaction time and body mass index were evaluated for each subject using standardised test procedures and the degree and direction of the relationship between linear related variables was calculated using Karl Pearson's correlation coefficient Results Out of 52 subjects, 37 were males (71.15%) 15 were females (28.85%). Mean age was 31.94 years (SD±7.14). Mean BMI was 24.61kg/m2 (SD±3.95). Karl Pearson correlation coefficient between BMI and reaction time was 0.308 (p = 0.026) and 0.500 (p= 0.000) between age and reaction time. Conclusion From the results we conclude that there is a weak to moderate positive correlation between body mass index and reaction time in recreational badminton players. A strong positive correlation was found between age and reaction time. Top Keywords Reaction time, racket players, body mass index, ruler drop test. Top |