TITLE:
Effects of Mental Activity on Hand Skill Rate Performance Ability among Second Grader Medical Students
AUTHORS:
Nimet Unay Gundogan, Erhan Kiziltan, Leyla Aydin, Ersin Ogus
KEYWORDS:
Annett’s Peg Moving Task, Mental Activity, Manual Dexterity, Hand Skill Rate Performance Time, Audio-Visual Medical Teaching
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Access Library Journal,
Vol.3 No.1,
January
25,
2016
ABSTRACT: Introduction: Determination of hand skill rate is thought to be important
for the functional evaluation of nervous system. Therefore, hand skill
performance monitoring could be a reliable measure for the effect of
audio-visual medical teaching on central nervous system. The aim of this study
was to evaluate the effect of mental activity on the hand skill rate
performance ability following one hour
audio-visual medical teaching. Methods: Participants were 34 healthy screened
right handed volunteers (19 female, 15 male, age between 18 - 22 years).
Hand skill rate performance time was assessed by Annett’s peg moving task. Each
participant repeated the task five times in a different time, before and after
the lecture. Data were analyzed by statistical software package SPSS. Statistical
significance level of p