Developing a New Test to Assess the Agility of Open-Skill Athletes

Research Project

Project/Area Number	18K10918
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Review Section	Basic Section 59020:Sports sciences-related
Research Institution	Fukui National College of Technology
Principal Investigator	Aoki Hiroki 福井工業高等専門学校, 一般科目(自然系), 准教授 (90622564)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	内田雄仁愛女子短期大学, 生活科学学科, 講師 (00749418) 出村慎一金沢大学, 人間社会研究域, 客員研究員 (20155485) 長澤吉則京都薬科大学, 薬学部, 准教授 (40299780) 山次俊介福井大学, 学術研究院医学系部門, 准教授 (40311021) 山田孝禎福井大学, 学術研究院教育・人文社会系部門(教員養成), 准教授 (60413770) 浮田咲子関東学院大学, 教育学部, 教授 (90461764)
Project Period (FY)	2018-04-01 – 2022-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2021)
Budget Amount *help	¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000) Fiscal Year 2021: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000) Fiscal Year 2020: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000) Fiscal Year 2019: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000) Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Keywords	敏捷性 / 四肢 / 連続選択反応テスト / 妥当性 / 上肢 / 下肢 / 連続選択反応時間 / 選択反応時間 / オープンスキル / ステップ / タップ
Outline of Final Research Achievements	This study aimed to develop a new test to assess the agility of open-skill athletes in response to unpredictable, consecutive stimuli. To achieve the objective, we first examined the difference between the left and right upper limbs in a consecutive selective reaction test and the difference between performances in different trials within the test. The results clarified that there were no left-right differences for the upper limbs in the consecutive selective reaction test and no differences between the two in terms of the trials either. Therefore, we created a new consecutive selective reaction test for the four limbs and examined reliability during trials. The results confirmed a generally high degree of reliability between trials in the consecutive selective reaction test for the four limbs. Furthermore, we examined the differential validity of the consecutive selective reaction test for the four limbs and verified that the test ensured differential validity.
Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements	本研究で開発した新規テストは、オープンスキル系競技選手の敏捷性を適切に評価でき、それらを通して選手の発掘やトレーニング手段としても利用が可能になると考えられる。また、高齢者の転倒は不意に生じることから、本テストのアレンジにより、高齢者の転倒予防テストとしても利用の可能性が高い。