The Evaluation of the Complex Reaction Time at the Upper Limbs Level of Students in Technical Higher Education by Utilizing Computerized Testing
The Evaluation of the Complex Reaction Time at the Upper Limbs Level of Students in Technical Higher Education by Utilizing Computerized Testing

Summary/Abstract: Knowing the reaction time and the visual motor coordination is one of the acute and current requirements in the technical professions. In the field of engineering, the speed of adjusting the response to the stimulus is very important. The study aims at identifying the values of the complex reaction time, visual stimuli, for the upper limbs, in 18-20-year-old students from the U.P.B.. The testing took place in the U.P.B. Sports Complex between October and November 2017. A group of 124 students, consisting of 62 girls and 62 boys, was investigated. The evaluation of the subjects was performed by means of two computerized tests, which aimed at identifying the following upper limb parameters: the complex reaction time of the dominant hand and the complex reaction time of the non-dominant hand. The data obtained was processed by means of the TReactionCo software, which allowed recording and storing the reaction times for each execution, displaying the arithmetic mean, the maximum value, respectively the minimum one for a series of determinations. In the study we aimed to identify through the statistical and mathematical method, whether there are significant differences between the results obtained by the students (between male subjects and the female subjects) and between their dominant and non-dominant hand. The comparative analysis of the results for the complex reaction time test reveals a statistically significant difference between male and female subjects both for the dominant and non-dominant hand (P <0.001). The results obtained by the male subjects (M = 441.46 ms the dominant hand, M = 452.22 ms the non-dominant hand) were superior to those obtained by the female subjects (M = 497.46 ms the dominant hand, M = 511.70 ms the non-dominant hand).We believe that the results obtained from the study can contribute to the efficiency and modeling of the physical education and sports lessons in higher education in accordance with the requirements according to which the future technical specialist will work.

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