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. 2015 Sep;70(9):638–647. doi: 10.6061/clinics/2015(09)08

Table 1.

Motor evaluations in the proposed driving assessment models.

Study Population Motor assessment Outcome
Ball et al., 2006 Older adults
  1. Rapid Walk

  2. Foot tap

  3. Arm reach

  4. Head/neck rotation

Physical performance was not a significant predictor of prospective crash
Eby et al., 2007 Older adults
  1. Rapid pace walk

  2. Arm reach

  3. Head/neck rotation

  4. Hand strength

Driving assessment battery development
Stav et al., 2008 Older drivers
  1. Head/neck flexibility

  2. Rapid pace walk

  3. Range of motion

  4.  Cervical

  5.  Trunk

  6.  Upper extremities

  7.  Lower extremities

  8. Manual muscle test

  9.  Upper/lower extremities

Rapid pace walk was the only motor test included in the suggested driving assessment model
Wood et al., 2008 Older drivers
  1. Neck range of motion

  2. Quadriceps strength

  3. Postural sway

Knee extensor, strength and postural sway were the best driving performance predictors under the motor domain
Antin et al., 2012 Drivers vs.non-drivers
  1. Strength/torque

  2.  Upper/lower body

  3. Head-neck-torso flexibility

Physical dimension was part of a developed model
Marshall et al., 2013 Older drivers
  1. Range of motion

  2. Manual test of motor strength

  3. Timed up and go

  4. Rapid pace walk

  5. One-leg stance

Driving assessment battery development
Ott et al., 2013 Normal cognition vs.Cognitive impairment
  1. Rapid pace walk

  2. Strength

  3. Range of motion

  4.  Neck

  5.  Limbs

Rapid pace walk and range of motion were included as part of a set of tests able to predict driving performance
Woolnough et al., 2013
  1. Rapid Pace Walk

  2. Manual Range of Motion

  3.  Neck

  4.  Shoulder flexion

  5.  Elbow flexion

  6.  Finger curl

  7.  Ankleplantar

  8.  flexion/dorsiflexion

  9. Manual test of strength

  10.  Shoulder

  11.  Adduction/abduction

  12.  Wrist

  13.  flexion/extension

  14.  Ankle

  15.  dorsiflexion/plantar

  16.  Flexion

No association with crash involvement
Lacherez et al., 2014 Older drivers
  1. Muscle strength

  2.  Quadriceps

  3.  Ankle dorsiflexion

  4.  Hand grip

  5.  Range of motion

  6.  Neck

Quadriceps strength was part of a three variable model to discriminate safe from unsafe drivers