ABSTRACT
The present study was designed to compare the auditory and visual reaction time on an Audiovisual Reaction Time Machine with the concomitant use of mobile phones in 52 women and 30 men in the age group of 18- 40 years. Males showed significantly (p<0.05) shorter reaction times, both auditory and visual, than females both during single task and multi task performance. But the percentage increase from their respective baseline auditory reaction times, was more in men than women during multitasking, in hand held (24.38% & 18.70% respectively) and hands free modes (36.40% & 18.40% respectively) of the use of cell phone. VRT increased non significantly during multitasking in both the groups. However, the multitasking per se has detrimental effect on the reaction times in both the groups studied. Hence, it should best be avoided in crucial and high attention demanding tasks like driving.
ABSTRACT
Incidence of coronary artery disease (CAD) increases sharply after menopause in women. Rate pressure product (RPP) is a major determinant of cardiac oxygen consumption. It is an important indicator of ventricular function. RPP varies with exercise. The peak rate pressure product (PRPP) which gives an accurate reflection of the myocardial oxygen demand and myocardial workload is the RPP at peak of exercise. The higher the PRPP, the more will be myocardial oxygen consumption (MVO2). The ability to reach higher PRPP is associated with more adequate coronary perfusion. Thus the low value of PRPP suggests significant compromise of coronary perfusion and decreased left ventricular function. In the present study effect of exercise on RPP of pre and postmenopausal women with CAD was compared. The percentage increase in RPP was significantly more in postmenopausal women with CAD (62%) as compared to premenopausal women with CAD (54%) indicating more compromised coronary perfusion in postmenopausal women.