Water, T. van de (Tanja) (2016) Assessing cognitive performance in badminton players: a reproducibility and validity study. thesis, Sport Sciences.
Full text available on request.Abstract
Fast reaction and good inhibitory control are associated with elite sports performance. The relation between reaction time, inhibitory control and specifically badminton performance is still unclear as no valid test exists. To evaluate the reproducibility and validity of a newly developed Badminton Reaction Inhibition Test (BRIT), fifteen elite (25 ± 4 years) and nine non-elite (24 ± 4 years) Dutch male badminton players participated. The BRIT measured four components: domain-general reaction time, badminton-specific reaction time, domain-general inhibitory control and badminton-specific inhibitory control. Five participants were retested within three weeks on the badminton-specific components. Reproducibility was acceptable for badminton-specific reaction time (ICC = 0.626, CV = 6 %) and for badminton-specific inhibitory control (ICC = 0.317, CV = 13 %). Good construct validity was shown for badminton-specific reaction time discriminating between elite and non-elite players (F = 6.650, p < 0.05). Elite players did not outscore non-elite players on domain-general reaction time nor on both components of inhibitory control (p > 0.05). Concurrent validity for domain-general reaction time was good, as it was associated with national ranking for elite (ρ = 0.70, p < 0.01) and non-elite (ρ = 0.70, p < 0.05) players. No association was found between national ranking and badminton-specific reaction time nor between both components of inhibitory control (p > 0.05). In conclusion, reproducibility and validity of inhibitory control assessment was not confirmed, however the BRIT appears a reproducible and valid measure of reaction time in badminton players. Reaction time measured with the BRIT may provide input for training programs aiming to improve badminton players’ performance.
| Item Type: | Thesis (UNSPECIFIED) |
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| Supervisor name: | Huijgen, B. and Faber, I. and Elferink-Gemser, M. |
| Faculty: | Medical Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 04 May 2022 08:27 |
| Last Modified: | 04 May 2022 08:27 |
| URI: | https://umcg.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3209 |
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