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Table 5 Results of the Intrinsic Motivation Inventory for unimpaired participants

From: Competitive and cooperative arm rehabilitation games played by a patient and unimpaired person: effects on motivation and exercise intensity

  

Competition

Cooperation

shared field

Cooperation

split field

Interest/

Enjoyment

Overall

25.7 ± 4.5

24.3 ± 5.3

23.1 ± 5.5

Favorite competitive

25.6 ± 5.1

22.6 ± 5.2

21.9 ± 6.1

Favorite cooperative

25.9 ± 4.1

26.7 ± 4.8

24.9 ± 4.6

Effort/

Importance

Overall

25.1 ± 5.9

25.1 ± 7.1

25.2 ± 5.6

Favorite competitive

27.2 ± 5.0

24.2 ± 8.0

23.2 ± 6.1

Favorite cooperative

22.6 ± 6.2

26.1 ± 6.2

27.6 ± 4.0

Competence

Overall

22.4 ± 5.2

24.1 ± 5.5

23.3 ± 6.5

Favorite competitive

24.8 ± 5.0

26.3 ± 3.6

25.1 ± 5.6

Favorite cooperative

19.6 ± 4.2

21.3 ± 6.3

21.1 ± 7.3

Pressure/

Tension

Overall

14.7 ± 6.8

14.9 ± 8.3

15.3 ± 8.2

Favorite competitive

14.4 ± 6.7

14.5 ± 7.1

15.2 ± 7.6

Favorite cooperative

15.0 ± 7.3

15.5 ± 10.1

15.4 ± 9.4

  1. Presented as mean ± SD for all participants (N = 19) and for two subgroups: those who chose the competitive game as their favorite (N = 11) and those who chose one of the cooperative games as their favorite (N = 8)