Table 3.
Parameter | Exercise 1 | Exercise 2 | ||||
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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