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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Sep 11.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2020 Sep;99(9):795–800. doi: 10.1097/PHM.0000000000001411

Table 4.

Results of kinematic arm reaching with non-dominant hand.

Average Healthy Control Score (SD) Average Mild Ataxia Score (SD) Average Severe Ataxia Score (SD) P-Value Effect Size
Length Ratio* 1.25 (.07) 1.29 (.17) 1.47 (.24) .01 .52
Number of submovements*** 1.33 (.18) 1.77 (.75) 1.89 (.51) .03 .55
Precision in mm2**** .18 (.04) .51 (.35) .64 (.16) <.01 .91
Accuracy in mm 6.3 (1.43) 8.8 (5.92) 7.1 (1.62) .24 .28
Submovement Precision in mm2** .47 (.19) 1.30 (.44) 2.05 (.92) <.01 1.10
Submovement Accuracy in mm**** 5.7 (3.68) 18.0 (14.03) 25.8 (12.41) <.01 .78

SD: standard deviation; mm: millimeters

*

Means of healthy control verse severe ataxia and mild ataxia verse severe ataxia differ. Means of healthy control verse mild ataxia not significantly different.

**

Means of healthy control verse mild and severe ataxia differ. Means of mild and severe ataxia differ.

***

Means of healthy control verse severe ataxia differ. Means of mild ataxia verse healthy control and severe ataxia not significantly different.

****

Means of healthy control verse mild and severe ataxia differ. Means of mild and severe ataxia are not significantly different