Institute of Sport Sciences, The Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education in Katowice, 72A Mikołowska Street, 40-065 Katowice, Poland.
Department of Management Theory, The Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education in Katowice, 72A Mikołowska Street, 40-065 Katowice, Poland.
Sensors (Basel). 2023 Apr 11;23(8):3898. doi: 10.3390/s23083898.
The most commonly used reaction time tests within the athlete community require appropriate testing conditions and equipment, most frequently laboratory ones, which are not suitable for testing athletes in their natural environment and do not fully represent athletes' natural capabilities and the influence of the surrounding environment. Therefore, this study's goal is to compare the simple reaction times (SRTs) of cyclists during tests in laboratory conditions and in natural cycling surroundings. The young cyclists (55 participants) took part in the study. The SRT was measured in a quiet laboratory room with the use of the special device. During riding and standing with a bike outdoors, the necessary signal was captured and transmitted by a folic tactile sensor (FTS) and an extra intermediary circuit (both invented by our team member) connected to a muscle activity measurement system (Noraxon DTS Desktop, Scottsdale, AZ, USA). The results showed that external conditions significantly affect the SRT, with it being the longest when riding and the shortest if measured in an isolated laboratory room, but without an effect of gender. Typically, men have a shorter reaction time, but our result supports other observations, where people with an active lifestyle show no sex differentiation in SRT. The proposed FTS with an intermediary circuit allowed us to measure SRT with the use of non-dedicated equipment and avoid buying a new one for a single specific use.
在运动员群体中，最常用的反应时测试需要适当的测试条件和设备，通常是实验室设备，这些设备不适合在运动员的自然环境中进行测试，也不能完全代表运动员的自然能力和周围环境的影响。因此，本研究的目的是比较自行车运动员在实验室条件下和自然骑行环境下的简单反应时（SRT）。这项研究共有 55 名年轻的自行车运动员参加。SRT 使用特殊设备在安静的实验室房间内进行测量。在户外骑自行车和站立时，通过与我们团队成员共同发明的 folic 触觉传感器（FTS）和额外的中间电路（both invented by our team member）捕捉并传输必要的信号，该电路连接到肌肉活动测量系统（Noraxon DTS Desktop，Scottsdale，AZ，USA）。结果表明，外部条件显著影响 SRT，骑行时最长，在隔离的实验室房间内最短，但不受性别影响。通常情况下，男性的反应时间较短，但我们的结果支持其他观察结果，即生活方式活跃的人在 SRT 方面没有性别差异。提出的带有中间电路的 FTS 允许我们使用非专用设备测量 SRT，避免为单一特定用途购买新设备。
