Os efeitos da prática de jump sobre o equilíbrio e tempo de reação de mulheres

Abstract

The physical activity is beneficial for those who are very important because it improves self-esteem, body image, cognitive function and socialization, reducin stress and anxiety, it also helps in increasing strength, flexibility, agility, balance, coordination, reaction time. The Jump, as a physical activity is very popular in gyms for pleasure and motivation, helps in obtaining or maintaining levels of fitness to perform the tasks of daily life, and promotes improved physical fitness. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of practice for Jump on the balance and reaction time in women. Study participants were 12 women with mean age 22.9 ± 3.31 years. The instruments used to collect data were the Test of Static Equilibrium Stork Stand (Johnson & Nelson, 1986) and test Simple Reaction Time and Choice (Pereira et al., 2007). For the data analysis used the Statistical Package SPSS for Windows version 14.0 and a significance level of 5%. Shappiro Wilk test was used for testing for normality and paired t test to detect differences between pre-and post-test. The results showed that there were statistically significant only for the simple reaction time (t = 6.36, p = 0.000), concluding that served Jump causing improvement in simple reaction time in this group. As for the balance and reaction time of choice, even if there is an improvement from pre to post tests, the results were not statistically significant.