A STUDY TO EVALUATE THE REACTION TIME IN TENSION TYPE HEADACHE.

Authors

  • Dr. Mukta P Bidikar Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, HBT Medical College & Dr. R N Cooper Hospital, Mumbai
  • Dr. Gayatri Jagtap Senior Medical Officer, Department of Physiology, Topiwala National Medical College & BYL Nair Charitable Hospital, Mumbai
  • Dr. Rahul Chakor Professor and Head, Department of Neurology, Topiwala National Medical College & BYL Nair Charitable Hospital, Mumbai

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32553/ijmbs.v3i4.198

Keywords:

Simple and choice Reaction time; Tension Type Headache

Abstract

The study evaluated the visual and auditory reaction time (simple and choice) in tension type headache patients and healthy controls.

Materials and Methods: Study included 21 Tension type headache (TTH) patients in the age group of 21- 49 years and 21 age and sex matched controls. Simple and choice auditory and visual reaction time was recorded using Medicaid Systems RTM-604. The results were statistically analyzed and were recorded as mean ± standard deviation and Student’s unpaired t-test was applied to check the level of significance.

Results: The mean values of simple visual reaction time (VRT) and auditory reaction time (ART) were not significantly different in Tension type headache patients and controls. The visual and auditory choice reaction time was longer in TTH patients as compared to controls although not statistically significant.

Conclusion: Cognitive and psychomotor impairment has been reported in headache patients. Our findings also indicate delayed central processing in TTH patients and these findings need to be further validated in larger sample size.

Keywords: Simple and choice Reaction time; Tension Type Headache

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Published

2019-04-18

How to Cite

Bidikar, D. M. P., Jagtap, D. G., & Chakor, D. R. (2019). A STUDY TO EVALUATE THE REACTION TIME IN TENSION TYPE HEADACHE. International Journal of Medical and Biomedical Studies, 3(4). https://doi.org/10.32553/ijmbs.v3i4.198

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