INTRODUCTION Patients with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) generally present with chronic widespread pain, accompanied by a range of additional and non-specific symptoms, such as fatigue, disturbed sleep, and cognitive dysfunction, which tend to increase with overall severity. Previous studies have shown moderate cognitive impairment in patients with FMS, but there are few valid data explicitly ass...

INTRODUCTION Trajectories of surgical instruments in laparoscopic surgery contain rich information about surgeons' performance. In a simulation environment, instrument trajectories can be taken by motion sensors attached to the instruments. This method is not accepted by surgeons working in the operating room due to safety concerns. In this study, a novel approach of acquiring instrument trajec...

Little is known about the effect of normal-range blood pressure (BP) on cognitive function. In previous studies investigating the relationship between BP and cognitive function in elderly subjects, underlying cerebrovascular damage has complicated the interpretation of results. To reveal the relationship between BP levels that were within an absolutely normal range and cognitive function, we ex...

During aerobic exercise with increasing intensities choice reaction time (CRT) progressively shortens up to 60-80% of maximal workload, and then it rapidly increases. The aim of this study was to determine whether workload associated with the shortest CRT operationally called "the psychomotor fatigue threshold" is related to the metabolic response to exercise. Thirteen male soccer players (aged...

OBJECTIVES The objective of this study is to investigate the correlation between the psychomotor skills and the academic performance of dental students. METHODS Didactic and preclinical scores were collected for students who graduated from the Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in 2011. Three courses (Dental Anatomy, Removable Prosthodontic Denture, and Ort...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the reliability of the Advanced Dundee Endoscopic Psychomotor Tester (ADEPT). DESIGN The Advanced Dundee Endoscopic Psychomotor Tester was developed for objective evaluation of bimanual endoscopic tasks. The system is in several aspects relevant to an actual endoscopic environment, and initial studies showed a strong correlation with clinical competence. Twenty medical s...

The authors examined the nature of the working memory deficit in persons with Parkinson's disease (PD). Three hypotheses were tested: a limited storage capacity, an impaired executive component, and a reduction of psychomotor speed. Verbal working memory was assessed in 14 PD patients without dementia and 14 matched control participants. Participants were administered a classical verbal span te...