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. 2023 Mar 28;37(7):5274–5284. doi: 10.1007/s00464-023-09983-y

Table 3.

Detailed results for all upcoming metrics comparing the students’ and physicians’ results

Parameter Exercise 1 Exercise 2
Pre-training result (Medical students) Exercise result (Physicians) P value Pre-training result (Medical students) Exercise result (Physicians) P value
Mean ± SD Mean ± SD Mean ± SD Mean ± SD
t (s) 182.08 ± 113.52 112.92 ± 30.99 0.041 150.63 ± 55.12 88.30 ± 18.82 0.022
pAS dominanta (°) 12.40 ± 3.68 109.30 ± 32.94 0.070 10.21 ± 3.89 82.27 ± 37.68 0.54
pAS non-dominantb (°) 11.29 ± 3.79 115.00 ± 48.83 0.209 10.59 ± 5.81 83.76 ± 33.16 0.088
rAS dominant (°) 6.72 ± 114.19 5.57 ± 53.74 0.33 5.17 ± 1.81 83.02 ± 35.48 0.278
rAS non-dominant (°) 7.10 ± 100.35 5.59 ± 132.91 0.680 3.97 ± 0.39 82.97 ± 30.62 0.371
MS dominant (m/s2) 2.66 ± 3.46 1.55 ± 0.61 0.160 1.52 ± 0.83 1.22 ± 0.79 0.239
MS non-dominant (m/s2) 1.51 ± 0.64 1.42 ± 0.49 0.378 1.19 ± 0.54 1.36 ± 0.53 0.874
BD (–) 0.08 ± 0.06 0.15 ± 0.13 0.136 0.06 ± 0.05 0.27 ± 0.36 0.184
dominant (°/s) 12.23 ± 2.54 11.41 ± 3.06 0.274 10.14 ± 2.60 9.28 ± 2.65 0.266
non-dominant (°/s) 11.94 ± 4.51 10.68 ± 2.29 0.228 8.29 ± 1.30 8.82 ± 2.07 0.882
CS dominant (–) 348 ± 210.82 166.5 ± 79.62 0.012 208.27 ± 101.99 97.33 ± 34.01 0.003
CS non-dominant (–) 352.45 ± 302.68 147.00 ± 49.21 0.025 210.73 ± 88.06 103.50 ± 18.96 0.001
CR dominant (–) 240.18 ± 163.52 144.00 ± 64.11 0.053 149.55 ± 72.33 83.00 ± 36.14 0.012
CR non-dominant (–) 282.55 ± 256.73 127.83 ± 68.12 0.042 173.73 ± 86.33 92.33 ± 34.62 0.008

Bold values indicate statistical significance (p < 0.05)

All the continuous variables are given in the Mean, Standard Deviation (SD) and p-value

t time, pAS perpendicular angle sum, rAS rotary angle sum, MS Motion smoothness, BD Bimanual dexterity, Average angular rate, CS Count of swings, CR Count of rotations

aDominant the dominant hand

bNon-dominant the non-dominant hand