@misc{10481/78498,
year = {2022},
month = {9},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/78498},
abstract = {Background: The aim of the present study was to explore whether military-specific
reaction time (RT) test performance is affected by individuals’ physical and visual
skills.
Method: In a single testing session, the military-specific Simple and Go, No-Go RT,
aerobic power (20-m Multistage Shuttle Run test), maximal upper- and lower-body
mechanical capacities (bench press and squat against different loads), and visual
skills (multiple object tracking and dynamic visual acuity) of 30 young men (15
active-duty military personnel and 15 sport science students) were evaluated.
Results: The main findings revealed that the Simple RT and Go, No-Go RT presented
(1) with aerobic power non-significant small correlations in military personnel
(r = −0.39 and −0.35, respectively) and non-significant negligible correlations in
sport science students (r = −0.10 and 0.06, respectively), (2) inconsistent and
generally non-significant correlations with the maximal mechanical capacities of the
upper- and lower-body muscles (r range = −0.10, 0.67 and −0.27, 0.48, respectively),
(3) non-significant correlations with visual skills (r magnitude ≥ 0.58) with the only
exception of the Go, No-Go RT that was significantly correlated to all visual variables
in the group of students (i.e., students who achieved better results during visual tests
had shorter RT; r magnitude ≥ 0.58), and (4) none of the physical and visual variables
significantly predicted the Simple RT or Go, No-Go RT.
Conclusion: Altogether, these results indicate that military-specific RT performance
is generally independent of physical and visual skills in both military personnel and
active university students.},
organization = {CEMIX (Centro Mixto UGR-MADOC, Army of Spain)	5/4/20 TR-COMBATE},
organization = {Ministry of Education, Science & Technological Development, Serbia	451-03-9/2021-14/200154},
publisher = {PeerJ},
keywords = {Bench press},
keywords = {L-V relationship},
keywords = {Shuttle run test},
keywords = {Simple reaction time},
keywords = {Squat},
keywords = {Go},
keywords = {No-Go reaction time},
title = {Association of military-specific reaction time performance with physical fitness and visual skills},
doi = {10.7717/peerj.14007},
author = {Janicijevic, Danica and Miras Moreno, Sergio and Pérez Castilla, Alejandro and Vera Vílchez, Jesús and Redondo Cabrera, Beatriz and Jiménez Rodríguez, Raimundo and García Ramos, Amador},
}