TABLE 1.
Number | Movement | Specification* | Tempo 1 (bpm)# | Tempo 2 (bpm)§ | Increment of the tempo |
Category I: | |||||
(1) | Shrug bilateral shoulder | Shrug and relax | 40 ± 2 | 60 ± 3 | 50% |
(2) | Shrug affected side | Shrug and relax | 40 ± 1 | 60 ± 1 | 50% |
(3) | Shoulder flexion/extension to touch the target line | With elbow extension | 53 ± 4 | 80 ± 4 | 51% |
(4) | Shoulder abduction/adduction to touch the target line | With elbow extension | 54 ± 3 | 79 ± 4 | 46% |
(5) | Elbow flexion/extension to touch the nose and the knee back and forth | Use index fingers to touch | 51 ± 4 | 79 ± 4 | 55% |
(6) | Reach back and forth on a desk | Elbow extension/flexion combined with shoulder flexion/extension | 52 ± 4 | 79 ± 4 | 52% |
(7) | Forearm pronation/supination | Palm contact desk when pronation; Opisthenar contact desk when supination; | 64 ± 2 | 88 ± 4 | 38% |
(8) | Wrist flexion/extension | Without compensatory action | 65 ± 1 | 98 ± 4 | 51% |
(9) | Shoulder horizontal abduction/adduction to touch the target line | With elbow extension (1 action per 2 beats) | 69 ± 2 | 87 ± 4 | 26% |
Category II: | |||||
(10) | Hold a cup to move | Use it to touch mouth and put it back on the desk | 52 ± 4 | 70 ± 4 | 35% |
(11) | Hold a large block to move | Put the block in the target scope | 64 ± 2 | 79 ± 2 | 23% |
(12) | Hold a little block to move | Put the block in the target scope | 59 ± 1 | 70 ± 2 | 19% |
(13) | Hold a large ball to move | Put the ball in the target scope | 64 ± 2 | 79 ± 2 | 23% |
(14) | Hold a little ball to move | Put the ball in the target scope | 59 ± 1 | 71 ± 2 | 20% |
Category I (Numbers 1–9, tasks without usage of instruments) contains the training items for the first 2 weeks; Category II (Numbers 10–14, tasks with usage of instruments) contains the training items for the latter 2 weeks. *One action per beat, except for those indicated otherwise in the specification. #The average tempo obtained at the baseline; § the average tempo achieved at the end of the study. bpm, beats per minute.