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Table 2 Scripted tasks: number, description and name

From: Kinematic and kinetic assessment of upper limb movements in patients with writer's cramp

Task #

Task description

Task name

1

Hovering the pen over a fixed dot for 30 s

(Hover)

2

Spiral drawing (1): large, counter-clockwise

(Spiral I)

3

Spiral drawing (2): small, counter-clockwise

(Spiral II)

4

Spiral drawing (3): large, clockwise

(Spiral III)

5

Spiral drawing (4): small, clockwise

(Spiral IV)

6

Writing a standard sentence: “Today is a bright and sunny day”

(Sentence)

7

Sinusoid tracing left to right (1): low frequency, high amplitude

(Sine I)

8

Sinusoid tracing left to right (2): high frequency, high amplitude

(Sine II)

9

Sinusoid tracing left to right (3): low frequency, low amplitude

(Sine III)

10

Sinusoid tracing left to right (4): high frequency, low amplitude

(Sine IV)