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. 2014 Mar 31;5:38. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2014.00038

Table 2.

Durations, MUs, and 3D distances for the cases presented by occasion.

Unimanual
Bimanual
Pre
Post1
Post2
Pre
Post1
Post2
M SD D M SD D M SD M SD D M SD D M SD
CASE I
Duration (s) 1.4 0.3 + 1.5 0.3 + 1.6 0.7 2.3 0.4 2.3 0.4 + 2.4 0.6
MUs (n): shoulder 7.7 2.9 + 10.7 6.2 7.2 3.8 14.8 4.3 + 17.7 6.4 12.1 3.7
MUs (n): elbow 5.4 1.8 + 7.4 3.4 5.3 2.3 11.2 3.2 + 12.1 3.3 9.9 3.1
MUs (n): wrist 6.1 2.0 + 6.4 3.3 5.4 2.3 11.1 3.6 + 13.0 3.9 10.5 2.6
MUs (n): head 5.2 2.5 + 7.3 5.3 + 10.5 4.3** 8.8 1.9 + 9.8 2.3 + 12.0 4.9**
3D distance: shoulder 73 25 + 103 63 + 77 22** 108 38 + 170 45** + 118 34
3D distance: elbow 152 57 + 200 134 + 182 48** 184 43 + 238 39** + 235 42**
3D distance: wrist 205 47 + 248 87 + 232 89 268 52 + 276 70 + 307 54
3D distance: head 58 23 + 104 70** + 105 71** 164 67 + 198 43 + 195 46
CASE II
Duration (s) 5.3 1.4 4.4 0.4 3.4 1.3*
MUs (n): shoulder 30.0 10.5 28.1 6.0 17.8 9.8**
MUs (n): elbow 32.7 12.7 31.7 12.4 18.0 11.7*
MUs (n): wrist 25.0 7.6 22.5 7.1 14.3 9.3**
MUs (n): head 19.7 7.5 + 22.4 5.6 + 22.8 17.5
3D distance: shoulder 96 16 + 118 52 92 49
3D distance: elbow 234 49 + 328 177 187 107
3D distance: wrist 328 57 + 392 140 290 181
3D distance: head 373 96 245 178 154 90*
CASE III
Duration (s) 5.5 0.8 3.2 0.4 3.1 0.6*
MUs (n): shoulder 58.8 31.7 23.1 8.4** 22.7 6.2**
MUs (n): elbow 47.9 27.8 24.8 9.3* 19.7 4.7*
MUs (n): wrist 31.5 14.4 13.0 5.5** 12.4 2.8**
MUs (n): head 49.1 19.8 18.5 7.9** 23.0 4.7**
3D distance: shoulder 76 29 73 23 42 17
3D distance: elbow 103 21 + 114 83 76 22
3D distance: wrist 152 41 + 184 29 + 161 61
3D distance: head 108 29 103 42 90 50

M, mean; SD, standard deviation; D, direction of change relative to the pre-test (+, increase; −, reduction); s, seconds; MU, mean number of movement units.

Significant differences relative to the pre-test occasion are indicated in bold.

*p < 0.025, **p < 0.01.