Abstract
Summary Introduction. Pubescence is a life stage with the most turbulent progression of sensorimotor abilities during the transformation of a child into an adult.
Differences in all sensorimotor abilities between boys and girls are changed significantly in this age. The progress of reaction abilities in girls slows down in this age (girls achieve peak values around fifteen years) while the reaction abilities in boys still improve into adolescence.
Younger children compared to adults and older children show reduced ability to perform one or more tasks concurrently with a movement task. Aim of study.
The purpose of the study was to determine the time of the complex reaction of the lower limbs of children. Moreover, find out the relationship between reaction time, age and gender.
Material and Methods. The research group included 81 primary school students aged 10-15 years.
Subjects were divided into four groups according to age and gender (1st group - 9.8 to 10.8 years old girls, n=20; 2nd group - 10.0 to 10.7 years old boys, n=19; 3rd group - 14.3 to 15.3 years old girls, n=21 and 4th group - 14.2 to 15.2 years old boys, n=21). The measurements were conducted using the FiTRO Agility check.
Two-Way ANOVA shows the statistical significance of the differences between groups. The significance level was adjusted to 0.05.
The Tukey post-hoc test was used to determine the differences between pairs of groups. Results.
There are significant differences between the boys and girls in ages 14-15 years old. Other differences between the boys and girls in ages 10-11 years old were not statistically significant, however girls performed with a slightly shorter reaction time.
Conclusions. The research showed that boys and girls have a significant relationship between age and the level of complex reaction speeds in the age group of 14-15 years.
This study helps to prove that boys do not have shorter complex reaction time than girls within the age of 10-11.