Table 1.
Mean values and ANOVA results for all variables assessed in the finger–thumb opposition task; statistically significant effects in bold.
| mean (±s.e.) value |
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| stimulation site |
time |
main effect of stimulation site |
main effect of time |
site * time interaction |
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| PMv | PMd | vertex | pre | stimulation | post | F | d.f. | P | η2 | F | d.f. | p | η2 | F | d.f. | p | η2 | |
| finger velocity (cm s) | 5.67 (0.683) |
5.94 (0.774) |
5.10 (0.726) |
5.81 (0.666) |
5.89 (0.811) |
5.01 (0.862) |
7.31 | 2, 22 | 0.004 | 0.399 | 1.57 | 2, 22 | 0.231 | 0.125 | 3.02 | 4, 44 | 0.028 | 0.215 |
| thumb velocity (cm s) | 5.54 (0.486) |
6.24 (0.645) |
5.69 (0.662) |
6.02 (0.667) |
5.63 (0.538) |
5.82 (0.656) |
3.71 | 1.16, 12.7 |
0.072 | 0.252 | 0.520 | 2, 22 | 0.602 | 0.045 | 1.23 | 1.99, 21.9 | 0.313 | 0.100 |
| inter-touch interval (ms) | 348 (20.1) |
359 (26.2) |
354 (20.3) |
347 (19.2) |
346 (20.1) |
369 (23.9) |
0.301 | 1.22, 13.4 | 0.637 | 0.027 | 7.53 | 2, 22 | 0.003 | 0.406 | 1.38 | 4, 44 | 0.257 | 0.111 |
| inter-touch interval s.d. (ms) | 74.2 (13.4) |
77.4 (12.1) |
84.0 (12.2) |
67.6 (10.2) |
68.5 (9.54) |
99.5 (16.1) |
0.352 | 2, 22 | 0.707 | 0.031 | 5.57 | 1.36, 15.0 | 0.024 | 0.336 | 0.591 | 2.01, 22.2 | 0.563 | 0.051 |