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9342629

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-12-5
pubmed:abstractText
The purpose of this study was to examine driving as a determinant of hand and foot psychomotor reaction times. Visual simple and choice hand and foot psychomotor reaction times were measured. The occupational driving contrast was determined by an interview reviewing every job held during each subject's lifetime. Comparison was made of psychomotor speed among 18 pairs of 39- to 62-year-old monozygotic male twins discordant for lifelong occupational driving. The mean discordance was the equivalent of 16 years of full-time driving. The twins who drove more tended to have slower hand simple and choice reaction times, although only the difference in hand-choice decision time was statistically significant (32 ms, P < 0.05). The drivers also had slower ipsilateral foot-choice decision times (21 ms, P < 0.01), but on average they had faster reaction times in 8 of the 12 ipsilateral and contralateral foot measurements. The slightly longer decision times could be related to some general harmful effects of driving, possibly whole-body vibration. Faster foot movement times of drivers may be affected by practice effects of rapid lower-extremity movements in driving.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0340-0131
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
70
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
277-81
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Differences in hand and foot psychomotor speed among 18 pairs of monozygotic twins discordant for lifelong vehicular driving.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Finland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Twin Study