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. 2012 Jul 23;7(7):e41042. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041042

Table 1. Example task run.

1x Block:
1x block ballistic  = 5x ballistic (flex-ext) + 5x ballistic + 5x ballistic + 5x ballistic rest
1x block stepwise  = 5x stepwise (flex-ext) + 5x stepwise + 5x stepwise + 5x stepwise rest
1x block steptrack  = 10x steptracks + 10x steptracks + 10x steptracks + 10x steptracks rest
1x block circles =  CCW(10x) - CW(10x) -CCW-CW-CCW + 5x 10 circles + 5x 10 circles + 5x 10 circles rest

Example of one task run consisting of one block of each of the four movement tasks. One block of ballistic and stepwise movements consists of 4×5 cycles of flexion-extension and after each 5 cycles there is a short break of 2 seconds (‘+’). One block of steptrack movements consists of 4×10 steptracks, after each 10 steptracks there is a short break (‘+’) of 4 seconds. One block of circle movement consists of alternating cycles (each cycle consists of 10 consecutive circular movements) of counter clockwise (CCW) and clockwise (CW) circles (CCW-CW-CCW-CW-CCW), separated by a short break (‘−’) of 5 seconds. After each block of a movement task there is a rest (‘rest’) period of 35 seconds.