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Mean visual, auditory, and tactile reaction times among Ugandan medical students were 0.148s, 0.141s, and 0.139s respectively, indicating healthy somatosensory connectivity.
Cross-Sectional (n=57)
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Visual, auditory, and tactile reaction times in Ugandan medical students are low, indicating healthy somatosensory connectivity.
Supplies normative reaction time values from Uganda; leaves open generalizability to clinical or other populations.
BACKGROUND: Reaction time (RT) is an indicator of neural activity, however, its variation due to visual (VRT), audio (ART) and tactile (TRT) in African medical students has not been investigated. The aim of the study was to determine relationships between VRT, ART and TRT amongst medical students in Uganda. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This was a cross sectional study, the body mass index (BMI) and RT (i.e. VRT, ART and TRT) were determined using weighing scale with standiometer and the catch a ruler experiment respectively. A questionnaire was administered to collect information on participant's lifestyle patterns and analysis was done using SPSS Version 20. RESULTS: The mean (± SEM) VRT, ART and TRT in the study were found to be 0.148 ± 0.002s, 0.141 ± 0.002s and 0.139 ± 0.003s respectively. A strong correlation between TRT and ART was found to exist in the youthful Ugandan medical student's population. Furthermore, significant differences in ART and VRT were observed with sex, although these were absent amongst preclinical and clinical students, showing the importance of sex in RT. CONCLUSION: The low VRT and ART in Ugandan medical students is indicative of a healthy somatosensory connectivity, thus of academic importance.
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Kasozi et al. (2018) conducted a cross-sectional in Healthy medical students (n=57). Visual, auditory, and tactile stimuli was evaluated on Mean visual, auditory, and tactile reaction times. Mean visual, auditory, and tactile reaction times among Ugandan medical students were 0.148s, 0.141s, and 0.139s respectively, indicating healthy somatosensory connectivity.
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