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Table 4 Number of trials needed to reach good performance stability and test–retest reliability (ICC > 0.75)

From: How many trials are needed in kinematic analysis of reach-to-grasp?—A study of the drinking task in persons with stroke and non-disabled controls

 

Performance stability (within-session)

Test–retest

 

Non-disabled

(n = 44)

Stroke (n = 8)

All

(n = 52)

Stroke (n = 5)

 

Dominant arm

Non-dominant arm

More-affected arm

Tested arm*

More-affected arm

Temporal and end-point kinematics

Total movement time (s)

2

2

2

2

2

MT reaching (s)

3

3

5

4

3

MT forward transport (s)

2

3

2

2

2

MT drinking (s)

2

2

2

2

2

MT back transport (s)

2

2

2

2

2

MT returning (s)

5

8

8

8

NMU total

3

2

2

2

NMU phase 1&2

6

9

3

2

2

NMU phase 4&5

6

2

3

2

Peak velocity (mm/s)

2

2

3

2

Time to peak velocity (%)

3

6

6

Peak elbow angular velocity (°/s)

2

2

2

2

2

Angular and displacement kinematics (arm and trunk)

Shoulder abduction reaching (°)

2

2

2

2

2

Shoulder abduction drinking (°)

2

2

2

2

2

Shoulder flexion reaching (°)

2

2

2

2

2

Shoulder flexion drinking (°)

2

2

2

2

2

Elbow extension reaching (°)

2

2

2

2

2

Elbow flexion drinking (°)

2

2

2

2

2

Wrist angle (°)

2

2

2

2

6

Inter-joint coordination, r

4

4

2

2

2

Trunk displacement (mm)

2

2

2

2

2

  1. Values in bold indicate good performance stability and test–retest reliability; no value indicates that more than 9 trials were needed
  2. MT movement time, NMU number of movement units
  3. *Included non-dominant arm in non-disabled and more affected arm in stroke