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. 2007 Jul-Sep;11(3):273–302.

Module 5: Lifting and Grasping

Proficiency = 132.0551 − 9.7609 Left instrument path length − 0.002 Left instrument angle path − 0.098 Right instrument misses 1.6881 Right instrument path length − 0.4771 Total time − 0.0971 Max damage

Variables Measured and Criterion Percentile Values
Variable 10 25 50 75 90
Left instrument misses 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Left instrument path length 1.593 1.562 1.442 1.332 1.183
Left instrument angle path 432.997 358.058 333.868 315.473 306.557
Right instrument misses 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Right instrument path length 1.81 1.626 1.497 1.443 1.17
Right instrument angle path 483.922 381.742 320.654 303.44 293.167
Total time 74.787 71.879 52.455 46.602 43.455
Tissue damage 5 3.5 2 1 0
Maximum damage 45.042 33.066 17.529 5.035 3.323
Proficiency score 70.509 75.581 88.227 91.579 93.929

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

Left instrument misses 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Left instrument path length 1.128 1.231 1.435 1.639 1.741
Left instrument angle path 274.425 299.511 349.682 399.854 424.939
Right instrument misses 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Right instrument path length 1.152 1.275 1.523 1.77 1.894
Right instrument angle path 241.43 279.339 355.157 430.975 468.884
Total time 36.137 43.184 57.277 71.37 78.416
Tissue damage −0.734 0.268 2.273 4.277 5.28
Maximum damage −5.776 3.008 20.576 38.143 46.927
Proficiency score 68.917 74.033 84.263 94.494 99.61