Predicting Visual-Motor Performance in a Reactive Agility Task from Selected Demographic, Training, Anthropometric, and Functional Variables in Adolescents
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Measurements
2.3. Procedure
2.4. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | Sport | Girls (n = 157) | Boys (n = 149) | ||||
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Volleyball (n = 59) | Basketball (n = 45) | Handball (n = 53) | Volleyball (n = 47) | Basketball (n = 48) | Handball (n = 54) | ||
Age (yr) | mean ± SD | 14.0 ± 0.9 | 14.2 ± 0.8 | 14.3 ± 0.8 | 14.4 ± 0.7 | 14.4 ± 0.9 | 14.8 ± 0.8 |
(95% CI) | (13.8–14.3) | (14.0–14.4) | (14.1–14.6) | (14.2–14.7) | (14.1–14.6) | (14.5–15.0) | |
Training per week (n) | mean ± SD | 3.83 ± 1.18 | 5.09 ± 1.68 | 4.06 ± 1.32 | 5.19 ± 1.71 | 4.58 ± 0.96 | 4.41 ± 1.21 |
(95% CI) | (3.52–4.14) | (4.59–5.59) | (3.69–4.42) | (4.69–5.69) | (4.30–4.86) | (4.08–4.74) | |
Training experience (months) | mean ± SD | 49.53 ± 19.74 | 48.96 ± 23.59 | 47.57 ± 19.83 | 43.28 ± 18.53 | 49.27 ± 23.59 | 44.03 ± 18.79 |
(95% CI) | (44.38–54.67) | (41.87–56.04) | (42.10–53.03) | (37.83–48.72) | (42.43–56.11) | (38.91–49.17) | |
Body mass [kg] | mean ± SD | 58.5 ± 6.1 | 57.0 ± 6.3 | 55.2 ± 6.9 | 64.4 ± 9.1 | 67.0 ± 11.1 | 63.9 ± 10.2 |
(95% CI) | (56.9–60.1) | (55.1–58.9) | (53.3–57.1) | (61.7–67.1) | (63.8–70.2) | (61.1–66.7) | |
Body height [cm] | mean ± SD | 172.6 ± 5.9 | 169.4 ± 7.3 | 165.0 ± 6.9 | 180.2 ± 8.0 | 182.4 ± 12.2 | 177.9 ± 10.3 |
(95% CI) | (171.1–174.2) | (167.3–171.6) | (163.1–166.8) | (177.8–182.5) | (178.8–186.0) | (175.1–180.7) | |
CRPP (n) | mean ± SD | 28.31 ± 4.91 | 29.27 ± 6.24 | 28.81 ± 5.56 | 30.04 ± 5.40 | 29.06 ± 5.68 | 28.81 ± 5.85 |
(95% CI) | (27.02–29.59) | (27.39–31.14) | (27.28–30.34) | (28.46–31.53) | (27.41–30.71) | (27.22–30.41) | |
FOVPP (o) | mean ± SD | 171.46 ± 7.89 | 172.99 ± 9.46 | 173.53 ± 6.82 | 172.31 ± 8.64 | 171.84 ± 7.05 | 173.58 ± 8.39 |
(95% CI) | (169.40–173.52) | (170.15–175.83) | (171.65–175.42) | (169.77–174.84) | (169.79–173.88) | (171.29–175.87) | |
PRPP [s] | mean ± SD | 0.70 ± 0.07 | 0.68 ± 0.08 | 0.70 ± 0.08 | 0.66 ± 0.08 | 0.64 ± 0.07 | 0.65 ± 0.07 |
(95% CI) | (0.68–0.72) | (0.65–0.70) | (0.67–0.72) | (0.64–0.69) | (0.61–0.66) | (0.62–0.67) | |
RA [s] | mean ± SD | 19.99 ± 1.15 | 19.66 ± 1.16 | 19.58 ± 1.26 | 18.83 ± 1.36 | 18.70 ± 1.36 | 18.55 ± 1.11 |
(95% CI) | (19.69–20.29) | (19.31–20.01) | (19.23–19.92) | (18.43–19.22) | (18.30–19.10) | (18.25–18.86) |
Model | Unstandardized Coefficients | Standardized Coefficients | Sig. | ||
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B | (ß) | 95% CI | p | ||
Gender | −1.24 | −0.46 | −0.58 | −0.34 | 0.000 |
Age | −0.48 | −0.30 | −0.42 | −0.18 | 0.000 |
Training per week | −0.05 | −0.05 | −0.15 | 0.05 | 0.315 |
Training experience | −0.01 | −0.11 | −0.21 | −0.01 | 0.038 |
Body mass | 0.04 | 0.31 | −1.02 | 1.64 | 0.645 |
Body height | 0.00 | 0.01 | −1.03 | 1.04 | 0.990 |
CRPP | −0.02 | −0.07 | −0.20 | 0.06 | 0.283 |
FOVPP | 0.00 | 0.02 | −0.10 | 0.15 | 0.719 |
PRPP | 0.62 | 0.04 | −0.09 | 0.16 | 0.582 |
Models | Girls | Boys | ||||||||
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B | ß | 95% CI | p | B | ß | 95% CI | p | |||
Age | −0.26 | −0.18 | −0.37 | 0.00 | 0.049 | −0.79 | −0.50 | −0.73 | −0.27 | 0.000 |
Training per week | −0.14 | −0.18 | −0.35 | 0.00 | 0.045 | −0.03 | −0.04 | −0.20 | 0.13 | 0.674 |
Training experience | −0.01 | −0.18 | −0.34 | −0.03 | 0.017 | 0.00 | −0.05 | −0.21 | 0.11 | 0.548 |
Body mass | 0.05 | 0.28 | 0.04 | 0.51 | 0.021 | 0.01 | 0.11 | −0.26 | 0.49 | 0.553 |
Body height | 0.00 | 0.03 | −0.22 | 0.27 | 0.837 | 0.04 | 0.29 | −0.08 | 0.66 | 0.123 |
CRPP | 0.02 | 0.07 | −0.12 | 0.27 | 0.463 | −0.06 | −0.25 | −0.46 | −0.04 | 0.020 |
FOVPP | 0.00 | −0.01 | −0.20 | 0.18 | 0.929 | 0.02 | 0.10 | −0.10 | 0.30 | 0.308 |
PRPP | 2.73 | 0.17 | −0.01 | 0.36 | 0.067 | −1.47 | −0.08 | −0.29 | 0.12 | 0.423 |
Reference group: volleyball | ||||||||||
R: Basketball group | −0.01 | −0.01 | −0.19 | 0.17 | 0.911 | 0.19 | 0.14 | −0.05 | 0.33 | 0.149 |
R: Handball group | 0.06 | 0.05 | −0.14 | 0.24 | 0.627 | 0.04 | 0.03 | −0.17 | 0.22 | 0.779 |
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Popowczak, M.; Domaradzki, J.; Rokita, A.; Zwierko, M.; Zwierko, T. Predicting Visual-Motor Performance in a Reactive Agility Task from Selected Demographic, Training, Anthropometric, and Functional Variables in Adolescents. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 5322. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17155322
Popowczak M, Domaradzki J, Rokita A, Zwierko M, Zwierko T. Predicting Visual-Motor Performance in a Reactive Agility Task from Selected Demographic, Training, Anthropometric, and Functional Variables in Adolescents. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17(15):5322. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17155322
Chicago/Turabian StylePopowczak, Marek, Jarosław Domaradzki, Andrzej Rokita, Michał Zwierko, and Teresa Zwierko. 2020. "Predicting Visual-Motor Performance in a Reactive Agility Task from Selected Demographic, Training, Anthropometric, and Functional Variables in Adolescents" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 15: 5322. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17155322