Table 3.
Concurrent validity parameters | Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient | ||
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mean of 3 trials | All patients | Subgroup 1: without support | Subgroup 2: with support |
(n = 31) | (n = 11) | (n = 20) | |
Tex [s] VPIT / | 0.31 | 0.57 | 0.35 |
Tex [s] NHPT | 0.09* | 0.07* | 0.13* |
Tex [s] VPIT / | 0.30 | 0.61 | 0.32 |
Tex [s] NHPT(TP1) | 0.10* | 0.47* | 0.16* |
Tex [s] VPIT / | −0.23 | −0.41 | −0.21 |
Ntc BBT | 0.22* | 0.22* | 0.37* |
Ndp VPIT / | 0.21 | −0.18 | 0.17 |
Ndp NHPT | 0.26* | 0.60* | 0.49* |
Ndp VPIT / | −0.12 | −0.18 | −0.16 |
Ndc BBT | 0.51* | 0.60* | 0.51* |
*p-values: level of significance: p ≤ 0.05
T ex [s] execution time in seconds, VPIT Virtual Peg Insertion Test, NHPT Nine Hole Peg Test, TP1 time point 1 (time stopped at the point when all 9 pegs were put in the 9 holes (without replacing them in the dish)), BBT Box and Block Test, N tc number of transported cubes, N dp number of dropped pegs, N dc number of dropped cubes, SD Standard Deviation