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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
The effect of partial sleep deprivation on the reaction time and the attentional capacities of the handball goalkeeper
Biological Rhythm Research, Volume 44, No. 3, Year 2013
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The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of partial sleep deprivation on the cognitive performances of the handball goalkeeper (GK) in terms of attention and reaction time (RT). Twelve healthy male volunteers (18.5 ± 1.7 years; 8.3 ± 2.4 years of experiment) took part in the protocol. They performed three cognitive tasks, i.e., the RT test, the Stroop test, and the barrage test, respectively, to evaluate the RT, selective attention (SA), and constant attention (CA) following two situations of partial sleep deprivation, i.e., at the beginning (SDB) and the end (SDE) of the night, and a control situation (reference night), which is a full-night of habitual sleep. Our results showed a significant effect of partial deprivation of sleep on the studied parameters which is translated into an increased RT (p < 0.01) and a reduced level of attention (p < 0.01). It seems that the RT is more affected by SDE than SDB (p < 0.05; -41% vs. 49% after SDE and SDB, respectively); however, SA and CA are more affected by SDB than SDE (p < 0.05; 63% vs. 47% for SA and 39% vs. 29% for CA after SDB and SDE, respectively). In conclusion, partial sleep deprivation affects the RT (i.e., especially SDE) and the attentional capacities (i.e., especially SDB) of the handball GK. © 2013 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.
Authors & Co-Authors
Jarraya, Mohamed
Tunisia, Tunis
République Tunisienne Ministère de la Jeunesse, Des Sports et de L'éducation Physique
Tunisia, Sfax
Institut Supérieur du Sport et de L'education Physique de Sfax
Jarraya, Sana
Tunisia, Tunis
République Tunisienne Ministère de la Jeunesse, Des Sports et de L'éducation Physique
Tunisia, Sfax
Institut Supérieur du Sport et de L'education Physique de Sfax
Cthourou, Hamdi C.
Tunisia, Tunis
République Tunisienne Ministère de la Jeunesse, Des Sports et de L'éducation Physique
Tunisia, Sfax
Institut Supérieur du Sport et de L'education Physique de Sfax
Souissi, Nizar
Tunisia, Tunis
République Tunisienne Ministère de la Jeunesse, Des Sports et de L'éducation Physique
Tunisia, Manouba
Université de la Manouba
Chamari, K.
Tunisia, Tunis
République Tunisienne Ministère de la Jeunesse, Des Sports et de L'éducation Physique
Tunisia, Manouba
Université de la Manouba
Statistics
Citations: 67
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1080/09291016.2012.721589
ISSN:
09291016
e-ISSN:
17444179
Study Approach
Quantitative
Participants Gender
Male