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Table 3 Convergent validity of the finger flexion exercises with clinical instruments

From: Validity, reliability, and sensitivity to motor impairment severity of a multi-touch app designed to assess hand mobility, coordination, and function after stroke

 

Fugl-Meyer Assessment Scale

Jebsen-Taylor Hand Function Test

Box and Block Test

Nine Hole Peg Test

 

Hand

Writing

Card turning

Picking up small common objects

Feeding

Stacking checkers

Minimum index finger pincer grasp

− .42**

.07

.05

.00

.20

.25*

− .30*

.19

Minimum middle finger pincer grasp

− .48**

.14

.35**

.35**

.32*

.64**

− .40**

.53**

Minimum ring finger pincer grasp

− .38**

.15

.32*

.31*

.42**

.41**

− .43**

.29*

Minimum little finger pincer grasp

− .28*

.03

.37**

.43**

.59**

.27*

− .54**

.23

Hand closing area

− .01

.18

.16

.10

− .07

.25

− .14

.18

  1. Moderate or stronger correlations are highlighted in bold
  2. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01