Comparison of hand-eye dominance and visual reaction time n swimmers

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Objectve: The aim of this study is to compare visual reaction times of swimmers with similar or different side dominance of the hand and eye. Materal and Methods: Thirty regularly training swimmers were included in the study. Hand dominance was based on answers given to specific questi‐ ons; eye dominance was determined by the eye lateralization test. Athletes with right hand dominance were divided into two groups with right side eye dominance (straight dominant), and left side eye dominance (counter dominant). Visual reaction times of swimmers were evaluated with the WittySem © visual reaction test device. Data were compared between groups using the Mann Whitney-U test. Different visual reaction times within the gro‐ up were evaluated using the Friedman chi-square test, and origin of any significant difference was determined with the Wilcoxon signed sum of ranks test. Statistical error level was set at p0.05). Straight-domi‐ nant athletes had different reaction times for both hands with the right or left eye open, and the right hand with both eyes open. Right hand reaction time with the left eye open was the shortest, and left hand reaction time with the right eye open was the longest (X2(2) =20,455, p=