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Table 3 Validity of 30 performance measures extracted from the five tablet tasks

From: A novel tablet-based application for assessment of manual dexterity and its components: a reliability and validity study in healthy subjects

Variable

Correlation with age (rs, N = 88)

Correlation with BBT (rs, N = 54)

Correlation with Moberg test (rs, N = 54)

Finger recognition

 1. RT mirror

0.37*

− 0.18

0.37

 2. RT inverted

0.40*

− 0.40

0.25

 3. RT rotated

0.41*

− 0.11

0.06

 4. Average RT

0.43*

− 0.32

0.22

 5. RT cond. (inverted-mirror)

0.17

− 0.35

0.06

 6. RT cond. (rotated-mirror)

0.23

− 0.03

− 0.10

 7. SD of average RT

0.51*

− 0.11

0.24

 8. Average Correct trial

− 0.33

0.03

− 0.05

Rhythm tapping

 9. ITI 1 Hz. cued

0.10

− 0.01

− 0.03

 10. ITI 2 Hz. cued

0.27

− 0.28

0.25

 11. ITI 3 Hz. cued

0.24

− 0.34

0.26

 12. ITI 1 Hz. no_cue

0.01

0.14

− 0.07

 13. ITI 2 Hz. no_cue

0.25

− 0.12

0.10

 14. ITI 3 Hz. no_cue

0.12

− 0.11

0.09

Multi-finger tapping

 15. RT single-finger

0.23

− 0.27

0.27

 16. RT two-finger

− 0.10

− 0.32

0.07

 17. RT (two-single finger)

− 0.26

− 0.08

− 0.05

 18. Unwanted movements single-finger

0.28

− 0.11

− 0.12

 19. Unwanted movements two-finger

− 0.13

0.24

− 0.04

 20. Correct trial two-finger

-0.394*

0.24

− 0.04

Sequence tapping

 21. STT. acquisition

-0.24

0.01

0.24

 22. STT. (acquisition-memory)

0.08

0.04

-0.33

Line tracking

 23. Duration single-task

0.55*

− 0.14

0.1

 24. Duration dual-task

0.51*

0.09

0.03

 25. Average Duration

0.55*

0.02

0.10

 26. Duration cond. (dual-single task)

− 0.15

0.13

− 0.21

 27. Average Error

− 0.05

0.13

− 0.11

 28. Error/duration single-task

− 0.46*

0.02

− 0.12

 29. Error/duration dual-task

− 0.38*

− 0.06

− 0.01

 30. Average Error/duration

− 0.53*

0.11

− 0.18

  1. N = sample size, SD: standard deviation, RT: reaction time, ITI: intertap interval, cued: with auditory cues, no_cue: without auditory cues. STT: (number of) successful tap trials. (rs) Spearman’s correlation, BBT: Box and block test, Moberg: Moberg pick-up test right hand. *significant correlation with p ≤ 0.00166 (Bonferroni corrected p < 0.05). Terms in italics denote various task conditions