A modified standardized nine hole peg test for valid and reliable kinematic assessment of dexterity post-stroke

Table 4 Within-test reliability of the Standardized Nine Hole Peg Test

Variables	Stroke group (n = 28) affected arm		Control group (n = 41) non-dominant arm
Variables	ICC (95% CI)	SEM	ICC (95 CI)	SEM
Time for Peg Grip, s	0.80 (0.66–0.89)	0.51	0.73 (0.59–0.84)	0.18
Time for Peg Transfer, s	0.92 (0.87–0.96)	0.10	0.90 (0.84–0.94)	0.06
Time for Peg In Hole, s	0.43 (0.05–0.70)	2.37	0.71 (0.55–0.83)	0.29
Time for Hand Return, s	0.97 (0.94–0.98)	0.04	0.91 (0.86–0.95)	0.04
Peak speed Peg Transfer, s	0.96 (0.93–0.98)	0.05	0.94 (0.90–0.96)	0.05
Peak speed Hand Return, s	0.97 (0.94–0.98)	0.06	0.91 (0.86–0.94)	0.11
Time to peak speed Peg Transfer, s	0.44 (0.07–0.71)	0.26	0.65 (0.46–0.79)	0.06
Time to peak speed Hand Return, s	0.89 (0.81–0.94)	0.07	0.85 (0.76–0.91)	0.04
NMU for Peg Transfer, n	0.78 (0.62–0.88)	0.93	0.61 (0.40–0.77)	0.60
NMU for Hand Return, n	0.81 (0.69–0.90)	0.66	0.37 (0.03–0.63)	0.66
Path ratio Peg Transfer	0.44 (0.07–0.70)	0.51	0.82 (0.72–0.89)	0.07
Path ratio Hand Return	0.85 (0.75–0.92)	0.10	0.91 (0.87–0.95)	0.03

NMU Number of movement units, ICC Intraclass correlation coefficients, SEM standard error of measurement

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