European Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Background:  Physical exercise provides multiple benefits to an individual. Previous studies shows that reaction time was significantly lower after performance of exercise. Aims and Objective -The aim of this study is to compare Reaction Time both ART+VRT between healthy adolescents, performing daily physical exercise and not performing any exercise. Material and Method: -100 healthy adolescent subjects of age group 18 – 25 years were participated in the study out which 18 subjects were excluded due to illness or some other reasons, so the sample size was 82 out of which 41 subjects were those who performs any kind of exercise daily for at least more than 30 mins/day and rest 41 subjects were not performing any exercise as their routine activity. Their reaction time {both ART+VRT} were taken with the help of reaction time apparatus and there mean reaction time was compared. Result –‘t test’ for equality of means was applied for VRT and ART which shows that result was significantwith p value < 0.05. Thus person who perform any kind of physical activities or exercise has better reaction time than those who have sedentary lifestyle. Conclusion: Present study suggests that exercise is beneficial to people in their daily lives because it influences reaction time abilities.A short course of any type of exercise has a beneficial effect on the reaction time and it can be used as a tool for improving the reaction time. Physical exercise affects brain plasticity, influencing cognition and wellbeing.