Chronic LBP athletes exhibit a delay in onset latency to Unexpected perturbations and reduced long latency response amplitudes to perturbation tasks compared to asymptomatic athletes. These changes could predispose athletes to recurrent low back pain and further injury.

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diabetes, which is commonly diagnosed in children and adolescents. Reaction time is often overlooked and usually underestimated element in the preparation process for athletes. Athletes with diabetes present unique challenges with regard to their medication, education, and exercise recommendations. A player's ability to respond quickly, properly, and precisely to the information being sent is of utmost importance in determining success in the chosen sport. Cognitive functions have been found to be affected with hyperglycemia by many researchers. In patients with Type 1 diabetes, cognitive dysfunction is characterized by a slowing of mental speed and a diminished mental flexibility. [2] Attention and fine motor skills assessed by the visual reaction time was found to be slowed at altered glucose levels. [3] Purpose The aim of the present study was to find out auditory and visual reaction time in athletes, healthy controls and patients of Type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM), to compare reaction time tasks of control with athletes and diabetic group, and investigate for gender differences in reaction BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Reaction time is one of the important methods used to study a person's central information processing speed and fast coordinated peripheral movement response. The purpose of this study was to compare the reaction time performances in controls, athletes, and patients of type 1 diabetes mellitus and to find out any gender differences. METHODOLOGY: 120 subjects aged 20-30 years were distributed into three groups. Group I-Healthy controls, Group II-Athletes, Group III-Patients of type 1 diabetes mellitus. Equal number of males and females were taken. The reaction time was recorded for auditory and visual stimuli in seconds, by reaction time device. RESULTS: Assessed by using unpaired 't' test. The athletes performed better than the controls and in the patients of Type 1 diabetes mellitus; there was a significant prolongation of the visual as well as auditory reaction times. However, gender differences were not observed. CONCLUSION: It can be concluded that the reaction time is a good indicator of performance in sports, which suggests that diabetics participating in quick action sports should be careful about the injuries that may occur as a result of increased reaction time.

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