Differences in attention, hand dexterity, and lower extremity activities in the presence or absence of a time limit

Abstract

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to investigate how a time limit affects day-to-day tasks such as attention, hand dexterity, and sit to standing and sitting activity. The grounds for using a time limit as a method of learning tasks related to daily living are examined based on the results of this investigation. [Subjects and Methods] The subjects consisted of 51 healthy college students (20 males and 31 females). The task performance time for SESSION 1, in which there was no time limit, was measured and the task duration privately recorded. The task performance for SESSION 2 was then measured with a time limit of the same duration as the time recorded for SESSION 1. Attention was measured using the trail-making test, hand dexterity using the Purdue pegboard test, and lower extremity activity using the sit to standing and sitting test. [Results] The levels for the attention, hand dexterity, and lower extremity activities were high in the environment in which a time limit was set. The differences between the genders depending on the presence or absence of a time limit was insignificant. [Conclusion] A time limit environment can be used as a task-training method for attention, hand dexterity, and lower extremity activities