Balance control, agility, eye-hand coordination, and sport performance of amateur badminton players: A cross-sectional study

Towel K K Wong, Ada W W Ma, Karen P Y Liu, Louisa M Y Chung, Young-Hyeon Bae, Shirley S M Fong, Balasankar Ganesan, Hsing-Kuo Wang, Towel K K Wong, Ada W W Ma, Karen P Y Liu, Louisa M Y Chung, Young-Hyeon Bae, Shirley S M Fong, Balasankar Ganesan, Hsing-Kuo Wang

Abstract

In this study, balance performance, agility, eye-hand coordination, and sports performance were compared between amateur badminton players and active controls.Thirty young adult badminton players and 33 active controls participated in the study. Static single-leg standing balance (with eyes closed) was measured using a force platform, and dynamic balance was measured using the Y Balance Test (lower quarter). Agility was measured using a hexagon agility test, and eye-hand coordination was measured using a computerized finger-pointing task. Sports performance was quantified by the number of times a shuttlecock fell in a designated area following a badminton serve.The badminton players had superior accuracy in badminton serving (P < .001) relative to the active controls. However, no significant between-group differences were noted in all other outcome variables (P > .05).Amateur badminton players had more favorable sports performance, but not balance performance, agility, or eye-hand coordination, than controls.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

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