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Psychomotor performance in video games

Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2022
Introduction: Interactive electronic games allow to access virtual environments and interact using a computer or TV screen. Anyone who has played a video game, or seen others playing, is aware of the importance of reaction speed and eye-hand ...
Krzysztof Horoszkiewicz, Bartosz Horoszkiewicz, Grzegorz Załęski   +2 more
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Needlestick injury and psychomotor performance as measured by pursuit-aiming test in health-care professionals [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research, 2022
Background: Several factors play a role in Needlestick Injury (NSI). We aimed to determine the association of NSI with psychomotor performance in health-care workers.
Gholamreza Pouryaghoub, Akbar Azizi-Alvandi, Nazanin Izadi   +2 more
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A narrative review of psychomotor abilities in medical sciences: Definition, categorization, tests, and training

Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 2021
Extensive research in the past decades has evidenced differences in the psychomotor ability of individuals resulting from varying levels of experience, age, gender, response precision, compatibility, performance, and ability. Many studies have called for
Tahereh Changiz, Zahra Amouzeshi, Arash Najimi, Peyman Adibi   +3 more
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The association between cytokines and psychomotor speed in a spectrum of psychotic disorders: A longitudinal study

Brain, Behavior, & Immunity - Health, 2021
Background: In schizophrenia, impaired psychomotor speed is a common symptom predicting worse functional outcome. Inflammation causes changes in white matter integrity, which may lead to reduced psychomotor speed.
Jeanette Brun Larsen, Solveig Klæbo Reitan, Else-Marie Løberg, Maria Rettenbacher, Øystein Bruserud, Tor Ketil Larsen, Liss Anda, Christoffer Bartz-Johannessen, Erik Johnsen, Rune A. Kroken   +9 more
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Psychomotor function in children with epilepsy seen at a tertiary hospital in southern Nigeria: does treatment with anti-epileptic drugs have any effect?

The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery, 2021
Background Psychomotor slowing is more commonly reported in children with epilepsy (CWE) compared to healthy controls. The effect of anti-epileptic drug (AED) treatment on psychomotor abilities of CWE remains controversial.
Paul Ehiabhi Ikhurionan, Olusola Peter Okunola, Blessing Imuetinyan Abhulimhen-Iyoha, Gabriel Egberue Ofovwe   +3 more
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Spontaneous beta power, motor-related beta power and cortical thickness in major depressive disorder with psychomotor disturbance

NeuroImage: Clinical, 2023
Introduction: The psychomotor disturbance is a common symptom in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD). The neurological mechanisms of psychomotor disturbance are intricate, involving alterations in the structure and function of motor-related ...
Yi Xia, Hao Sun, Lingling Hua, Zhongpeng Dai, Xiaoqin Wang, Hao Tang, Yinglin Han, Yishan Du, Hongliang Zhou, Haowen Zou, Zhijian Yao, Qing Lu   +11 more
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Practicing Procedural Skills Is More Effective Than Basic Psychomotor Training in Knee Arthroscopy: A Randomized Study

Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, 2021
Background: Simulator-assisted arthroscopy education traditionally consists of initial training of basic psychomotor skills before advancing to more complex procedural tasks.
Mads Emil Jacobsen MD, Amandus Gustafsson MD, Per Gorm Jørgensen MD, Yoon Soo Park PhD, Lars Konge MD, PhD   +4 more
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Dental Students’ Didactic and Psychomotor Skills Performance in Dental Anatomy and Preclinical Operative Dentistry Courses in a Saudi Governmental School

International Journal of Dentistry, 2021
Background. Knowledge and psychomotor skills are essential in dental education. The aims were to (1) investigate the correlation between dental students’ didactic and psychomotor skills performance in the dental anatomy and preclinical operative ...
Afnan O. Al-Zain, Adel M. Abdel-Azim, Hisham I. Othman   +2 more
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Decline of Psychomotor Performance: Calender or Health? [PDF]

, 1993
A cross-sectional study into age-related decline of psychomotor speed is reported. A newly introduced tapping test was used, enabling the analysis of ongoing performance. Although all subjects thought themselves to be normal and healthy, a post-hoc division could be made based on biological life events (BLE).
Houx, P.J., Vreeling, F.W., Jolles, J.
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EFFECTS OF ETHANOL ON PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE

British Journal of Anaesthesia, 1987
Three separate doses of alcohol (0.2, 0.4 and 0.8 g kg-1) were given to eight volunteers and compared with the effects of a placebo. The order of administration was randomized and the study performed double-blind. A battery of psychometric tests sensitive to central nervous system depression was repeatedly performed for 3.5 h.
D, Fagan, B, Tiplady, D B, Scott
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