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Table 2 Participant Demographics and Task Characteristics

From: Using principal component analysis to reduce complex datasets produced by robotic technology in healthy participants

Task

N

Mean Age (range)

Male Gender (%)

Dominant Arm

Range of Education

Mean Number of Trials [SD]

Mean Task Duration in seconds [SD]

Arm Position Matching

184

44.43 (18–87)

84 (46)

Right

High school – Postdoctoral research**

25.26 [0.98]

88.13 [19.41]

Ball on Bar

208

42.16 (18–87)

84 (40)

Right

High school – Postdoctoral research***

1

62.57 [1.60]

Visually Guided Reaching

200

42.51 (18–88)

80 (40)

Right

High school – Postdoctoral research***

24 [0.07]

102.55 [6.83]

Reverse Visually Guided Reaching

101

41.56 (19–81)

46 (46)

Right

High school – Post-doctoral research

30 [0.10]

180.27 [16.71]

Object Hit

190

46.28 (18–87)

86 (45)

Right

High school – Postdoctoral research**

1

138.03 [0.43]

Object Hit and Avoid

170

45.56 (18–87)

76 (45)

Right

High school – Postdoctoral research*

1

138.29 [0.51]

  1. For range of education, High school reflects completion of grade twelve or completion of secondary school equivalent. * indicate the number of participants that were missing data for that column. For example, *(n = 1), **(n = 2), *** (n = 3)