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. 2016 Jan 22;13:8. doi: 10.1186/s12984-016-0116-y

Table 3.

Concurrent validity of the VPIT with the NHPT and the BBT

Concurrent validity parameters Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient
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