Table 6.
Mean synchronization errors during bimanual tapping depending on the tempo condition.
| Tapping task | Group | Synchronization errors, ms (M ± SD) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -20% | -10% | Baseline | +10% | +20% | ||
| Simultaneous | YA (n = 21) | 0.090 ± 0.077 | 0.092 ± 0.072 | 0.087 ± 0.075 | 0.088 ± 0.072 | 0.083 ± 0.067 |
| OA (n = 20) | 0.131 ± 0.070 | 0.103 ± 0.063 | 0.087± 0.055 | 0.094 ± 0.062 | 0.101 ± 0.061 | |
| MD (n = 17) | 0.165 ± 0.078 | 0.148 ± 0.073 | 0.158 ± 0.088 | 0.109 ± 0.047 | 0.144 ± 0.060 | |
| Alternative | YA (n = 21) | 0.080 ± 0.062 | 0.087 ± 0.063 | 0.087± 0.079 | 0.068 ± 0.067 | 0.074 ± 0.081 |
| OA (n = 20) | 0.099 ± 0.060 | 0.099 ± 0.072 | 0.086 ± 0.031 | 0.070 ± 0.032 | 0.084 ± 0.040 | |
| MD (n = 17) | 0.169 ± 0.112 | 0.149 ± 0.054 | 0.131 ± 0.047 | 0.147 ± 0.056 | 0.181 ± 0.085 | |
YA: young adults; OA: older adults; MD: mild dementia.