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The Effect of a Competitive Futsal Match on Psychomotor Vigilance in Referees
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Human Kinetics, 2020.
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Abstract
- Context: Referees’ physical and cognitive performance are important for successful officiating in team sports. There is a lack of research on cognitive performance of referees in general, and none in futsal. Purpose: To assess referees’ performance on the psychomotor vigilance task (PVT) before and after competitive futsal matches during the Football Association (FA) National Futsal League 2015/16. Methods: Fourteen futsal referees (mean [SD] age 34.3 [10.0] y) from the FA National Futsal group were included. The referees were required to undertake a 10-min PVT 60 min before the match kickoff time (pretest) and immediately after matches (posttest). They also completed the Brunel Mood Scale (BRUMS) questionnaire before the prematch PVT and after the postmatch PVT. Result: Data were analyzed by paired t tests comparing prematch and postmatch results. There was a significant difference in BRUMS parameters vigor (9.5 [2.5] prematch vs 6.3 [2.4] postmatch, P = .001) and fatigue (1.4 [1.3] prematch vs 5.6 [3.1] postmatch, P P = .023). Conclusions: The present results show, contrary to the authors’ initial hypothesis, that psychomotor performance is improved as opposed to decreased after a single match. The postmatch improvement suggests that exercise can acutely enhance cognitive performance, which could be used to inform warm-up practices (eg, optimal duration and intensity) geared toward optimizing referees’ cognitive performance during matches.
- Subjects :
- PVT
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Mood scale
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medicine
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance
Cognitive performance
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Psychomotor learning
Significant difference
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soccer
RC1235
Physical therapy
Psychology
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Vigilance (psychology)
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15550265
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....e5d32066a67f529dbb663e491c8d599d