Quantifying selective elbow movements during an exergame in children with neurological disorders: a pilot study

Table 2 Relationships between selective voluntary motor control, expert opinion, and various measures

Measure		SVMC^a	Expert opinion^b	Number
Patient characteristics	Age	0.31 (0.08)	0.44 (0.01)	33
Clinical outcomes	MAS	−0.58 (0.001)	−0.61 (0.001)	28
	MMT Biceps MA	0.51 (0.002)	0.49 (0.004)	33
	MMT Biceps LA	0.33 (0.051)	0.39 (0.02)	33
	MMT Total	0.65 (<0.001)	0.58 (0.002)	26
	TONI-4	0.50 (0.004)	0.41 (0.02)	31
	TCMS	0.74 (<0.001)	0.70 (<0.001)	29
	MACS	−0.63 (<0.001)	−0.58 (<0.001)	33
Exergame scores and new SVMC measure	Game score	0.86 (<0.001)	0.56 (0.001)	33
	Flight/ideal	0.85 (<0.001)	0.63 (<0.001)	33
	SVMC MA		0.83 (<0.001)	33
	SVMC LA		0.82 (<0.001)	33

All correlations are presented for the basic condition. Correlations in the SVMC column were based on goniometer data obtained from the more affected side
Abbreviations: MAS Modified Ashworth Scale, MMT Manual Muscle Test, MA more affected side, LA less affected side, TONI-4 Fourth version of the Test of Non-Verbal Intelligence, TCMS Trunk Control Measurement Scale, MACS Manual Ability Classification System, Flight/ideal correlation between the ideal path and the actual flown path, SVMC Selective Voluntary Motor Control, n number of participants included in the analyses
^aSpearman correlation coefficients and ^bpoint-biserial correlation coefficients with p-values between brackets

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