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Islamic lifestyle with a focus on health

Comparing of Manual Dexterity, Visual Tracking and Focused Attention between Expert and Novice Drivers

Authors
1 Department of motor behavior, central Tehran branch, Islamic Azad university, Tehran, iran.
2 Department of physical education and sport science, Emam hossein university, Tehran, iran
3 Department of motor behavior, Karaj branch, Islamic Azad university, Karaj, Iran
Abstract
Purpose: Between expert and novice drivers there are 
differences in terms of different driving skills. Therefore, the 
present study was conducted with the aim of comparing 
manual dexterity, visual tracking and focused attention 
between expert and novice drivers.
Materials and Methods: This study was a cross-sectional 
from type of comparative causal. The research population was 
expert drivers of the members of national team of the Islamic 
Republic of Iran Motorcycling and Automobile Racing 
Federation and novice drivers, which numbers of 30 of them 
(15 people in each group) were selected as a sample by 
voluntary sampling method. The tool of the present research 
was the standard test system of Vienna and the data obtained 
from it were analyzed with the parametric test of analysis of 
variance and the non-parametric test of Kruskal-Wallis in 
SPSS model 22 software.
Findings: The findings showed that there was a significant 
difference between the expert and novice drivers in terms of 
focused attention of correct and incorrect functions (P<0.05), 
but there was no significant difference between them in terms 
of manual dexterity and visual tracking (P>0.05).
Conclusion: The results indicated a significant difference 
between expert and novice drivers in terms of focused 
attention and no significant difference in terms of manual 
dexterity and visual tracking. Therefore, focused attention 
training can help to better drive. 
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