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. 2007 Jul-Sep;11(3):273–302.

Module 4: Cutting

Proficiency = 120.2763 − 0.0461 Cutter angular path − 0.4382 Total time − 0.0685 Maximum stretch damage − 0.1884 Rip failure

Variable Measured and Criterion Percentile Values
Variable 10 25 50 75 90
Cutter path length 0.685 0.594 0.487 0.417 0.324
Cutter angular path 162.363 146.659 122.407 96.565 78.135
Total time 95.647 71.46 48.401 44.088 43.322
Maximum stretch damage 97.481 64.448 37.526 24.817 2.407
Tissue damage 2 1 1 0 0
Maximum damage 4.688 3.73 1.534 0 0
Rip failure 0 0 0 0 0
Drop failure 0 0 0 0 0
Proficiency score 68.967 83.389 89.569 93.428 94.8

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

Cutter path length 0.268 0.35 0.515 0.679 0.761
Cutter angle path 59.773 81.837 125.965 170.092 192.156
Total time 25.18 36.957 60.511 84.065 95.842
Maximum stretch damage −4.899 11.828 45.282 78.735 95.462
Tissue damage −0.922 −0.312 0.909 2.13 2.741
Maximum damage −4.058 −1.746 2.876 7.499 9.81
Rip failure 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Drop failure 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Proficiency score 70.489 75.78 86.36 96.94 102.23