The Effect of Acute Mild Dehydration on Motorcognitive Performance in TARUC Recreational Basketball Players

Leong, Jing Sen (2020) The Effect of Acute Mild Dehydration on Motorcognitive Performance in TARUC Recreational Basketball Players. Final Year Project (Bachelor), Tunku Abdul Rahman University College.

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to identify the effect of acute mild dehydration (USG > 1.0200) on basketball performance on TARUC recreational basketball players. A total of 10 recreational basketball players were recruited (age: 21.10 ± 2.28 years old; weight: 63.79 ± 7.66 kg; height: 173.62 ± 4.54 cm) in this study. Subjects were required to complete two preliminary testing and two postliminary testing under two conditions. For each conditions, subjects required to undergo 5 tests: (i) free throw (20 shots); (ii) agility-t test; (iii) vertical jump test (countermovement jump); (iv) reaction time test and (v) reactive drill test followed by a 40 minute basketball game. Each condition was separated by 7 days apart as a recovery period. The data was analysed using Two- Way-Anova (Repeated Measurement), Independent t- Test and Paired Sample Test. Results shows that free throw in motor performance significant increase in (EU: 10.30 ± 4.52 shots; MED: 10.00 ± 3.71 shots; p = .87), increase speed in agility-t test (EU: 10.959 ± 1.072s; MED: 11.182 ± 1.541s; p = .712), increase power in countermovement jump (EU: 2616.366 ± 869.978N; MED: 2792.812 ± 525.444N; p = .589), increase time in reaction time (EU: 0.588 ± 0.126s; MED: 0.563 ± 0.745s; p = .610), increase time in reactive G1 (EU: 1.489 ± 0.165s; MED: 1.485 ± 0.187s; p = .963) and increase in reactive G2 (EU: 3.293 ± 0.366s; MED: 3.423 ± 0.427s; p = .476). Other than that, difference of USG between conditions (EU: 1.0118 ± 0.0043; MED: 1.0293 ± 0.0035; p = .0). In conclusion, there is no significant difference in the motor-cognitive performance in recreational basketball players in mild dehydration with low BWL whereas higher BWL would significantly impair the basketball performance.