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. 2007 Jul-Sep;11(3):273–302.

Module 8: Scarification - Hook Electrodes

Proficiency = 144.9011 − 0.116 Total time − 0.2142 Total cautery time − 1.2048 No of nonhighlighted bands that were cut − 0.1173 No of movements of right instrument − 0.09 Total path length of left instrument in cm

Variables Measured and Criterion Percentile Values
Variable 10 25 50 75 90
Total time 176.5 164 154.5 149.5 145
Time cautery applied with no contact to bands 10.6 7.5 5 3 2.2
Total cautery time 52.6 48.5 45 42.5 41.6
Time cautery applied on nonhighlighted bands 6.8 6 6 4.5 2.8
No of nonhighlighted bands that were cut 0 0 0 0 0
No of movements of right instrument 106.5 102.8 87 75.75 64.5
No of movements of left instrument 75.5 72.75 70.5 66.75 58.5
Total path length of right instrument cm 346.3 275.1 202.8 197.8 175.1
Total path length of left instrument cm 201.4 194.8 186.7 152.7 123.7
Efficiency of cautery 77.7 83.15 89.9 93.05 94.1
No of highlighted bands that were cut 21 21 21 21 21
Accuracy rate highlighted bands 100 100 100 100 100
Ave speed right instrument movement cm sec 1.92 2.05 2.2 2.3 2.38
Ave speed left instrument movement cm sec 2.02 2.15 2.2 2.5 2.54
Proficiency score 84.49 89.10 93.62 93.81 94.05

Means ± Standard Deviations for Each Variable
Variable −1.5 −1 0 +1 +1.5

Total time 135.0 142.9 158.7 174.4 182.3
Time cautery applied with no contact to bands −0.45 1.603 5.714 9.826 11.88
Total cautery time 38.47 41.03 46.14 51.26 53.81
Time cautery applied on nonhighlighted bands 1.853 2.95 5.143 7.336 8.432
No of nonhighlighted bands that were cut 0 0 0 0 0
No of movements of right instrument 55.85 65.9 86.0 106.1 116.2
No of movements of left instrument 54.18 58.84 68.17 77.49 82.16
Total path length of right instrument cm 114.9 156.5 239.6 322.7 364.2
Total path length of left instrument cm 112.0 131.5 170.6 209.7 229.2
Efficiency of cautery 76.19 79.98 87.56 95.14 98.93
No of highlighted bands that were cut 21 21 21 21 21
Accuracy rate highlighted bands 100 100 100 100 100
Ave speed of right instrument movement cm sec 1.828 1.943 2.171 2.4 2.515
Ave speed of It instrument movement cm sec 1.904 2.031 2.286 2.54 2.667
Proficiency score 82.88 85.49 90.72 95.95 98.56