An Evaluation of the Reliability of the Foot-Tapping Test in a Healthy Sample

Foot preference and performance characteristics of gross-motor lower-limb speed of tapping were examined in 606 4- to 6-yr.-olds. Analysis indicated no effect for gender; however, speed of foot tapping increased significantly across the three ages, suggesting an association with selected developmental (neuromuscular) processes. Contrary to earlier reports on handedness, there was no statistical evidence that mixed- or left-footers were at a performance disadvantage compared to right-footers. All groups performed best with the right foot, limb differentiation (right versus left) being significant for the right- and mixed-footed groups. Speculation about maturational and environmental influences is given.

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Finger and foot tapping sensor system for objective motor assessment

Vojnosanitetski pregled ◽

10.2298/vsp150502323d ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 75 (1) ◽

pp. 68-77 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Milica Djuric-Jovicic ◽

Nenad Jovicic ◽

Sasa Radovanovic ◽

Milica Jecmenica-Lukic ◽

Minja Belic ◽

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Keyword(s):

Healthy Subjects ◽

Motor Performance ◽

Graphical Representation ◽

Inertial Sensors ◽

Inertial Sensor ◽

Quantitative Estimation ◽

Objective Assessment ◽

Force Sensor ◽

Neurological Patient ◽

Foot Tapping

Background/Aim. Finger tapping test is commonly used in neurological examinations as a test of motor performance. The new system comprising inertial and force sensors and custom proprietary software was developed for quantitative estimation and assessment of finger and foot tapping tests. The aim of this system was to provide diagnosis support and objective assessment of motor function. Methods. Miniature inertial sensors were placed on fingertips and used for measuring finger movements. A force sensor was placed on the fingertip of one finger, in order to measure the force during tapping. For foot tapping assessment, an inertial sensor was mounted on the subject?s foot, which was placed above a force platform. By using this system, various parameters such as a number of taps, tapping duration, rhythm, open and close speed, the applied force and tapping angle, can be extracted for detailed analysis of a patient?s motor performance. The system was tested on 13 patients with Parkinson?s disease and 14 healthy controls. Results. The system allowed easy measurement of listed parameters, and additional graphical representation showed quantitative differences in these parameters between neurological patient and healthy subjects. Conclusion. The novel system for finger and foot tapping test is compact, simple to use and efficiently collects patient data. Parameters measured in patients can be compared to those measured in healthy subjects, or among groups of patients, or used to monitor progress of the disease, or therapy effects. Created data and scores could be used together with the scores from clinical tests, providing the possibility for better insight into the diagnosis.

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Relations of existential characteristics and hardiness with psychosomatic cardiac symptoms in young people

Bulletin of Siberian Medicine ◽

10.20538/1682-0363-2018-4-33-41 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 17 (4) ◽

pp. 33-41 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

P. E. Grigoriev ◽

I. V. Vasilieva

Keyword(s):

Meaning In Life ◽

Pairwise Comparison ◽

Well Being ◽

Descriptive Statistics ◽

Stress Coping ◽

A Posteriori ◽

Psychological Well Being ◽

Cardiac Symptoms ◽

Healthy Sample

Objective. Evaluation of the psychological well-being and hardiness in adolescents with cardiac symptoms.Materials and methods.The study involved 80 people aged 18–24 years, a relatively healthy sample. To assess the existential characteristics, the scale of psychological well-being of С. Ryff in the adaptation of N.N. Lepeshinsky. To assess the psychological quality of hardiness, the S. Maddi questionnaire was used in adaptation D.A. Leontiev, E.I. Rasskazova. To assess the psychosomatic component of cardiac symptoms the Giessen questionnaire of psychosomatic complaints was used. Descriptive statistics methods, the Mann – Whitney test for independent samples, a one-way analysis of variance with a posteriori pairwise comparison using the Newman-Keuls test were used.Results.For members of the healthy sample at the age of 18–24 years, the severity of psychosomatic cardiac complaints is relatively homogeneous by sex and age; the most significant differences in existential characteristics and hardiness in connection with the severity of psychosomatic cardiac symptoms fall on indicators of “commitment”, “control”, “environmental management”. Conclusion. The most significant and discriminating contribution to the prevention of psychosomatic cardiac complaints is such existential and stress-coping characteristics of personality as the ability to effectively use life situations to achieve one’s own goals, to fight for success and get results from their actions, to strive for maximum involvement in the activities of interest for the reflected, conscious meaning in life.

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The Science of Technology and Human Behavior: Standards, Old and New

10.31234/osf.io/u58mq ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Malte Elson ◽

Andrew K Przybylski

Keyword(s):

Sample Size ◽

Human Behavior ◽

Degrees Of Freedom ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

Average Power ◽

P Value ◽

Test Statistics ◽

Healthy Sample ◽

D 20 ◽

Single Publication

Editorial of the Journal of Media Psychology special issue on "Technology & Human Behavior", and meta-analysis of the empirical research published in JMP since 2008.DATA AVAILABILITYWe were not able to identify a single publication reporting a link to research data in a public repository or the journal’s supplementary materials.STATISTICAL REPORTING ERRORSWe extracted a total of 1036 NHSTs reported in 98 articles. 129 tests were flagged as inconsistent (i.e., reported test statistics and degrees of freedom do not match reported p-values), of which 23 were grossly inconsistent (the reported p-value is <.05 while the recomputed p-value is >.05, or vice-versa). 41 publications reported at least one inconsistent NHST, and 16 publications reported at least one grossly inconsistent NHST. Thus, a substantial proportion of publications in JMP seem to contain inaccurately reported statistical analyses, of which some might affect the conclusions drawn from them.STATISTICAL POWERAs in other fields, surveys tend to have healthy sample sizes apt to reliably detect medium to large relationships between variables. The median sample size for survey studies is 327, allowing researchers to detect small bivariate correlations of r=.1 at 44% power (rs=.3/.5 both > 99%).For (quasi-)experiments, the outlook is a bit different, with a median sample size of 107. Across all types of designs, the median condition size is 30.67. Thus, the average power of experiments published in JMP to detect small differences between conditions (d=.20) is 12% (d=.50 at 49%, d=.80 at 87%).

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Interrater Reliability of a Novel Goniometric Technique to Measure Scapular Protraction and Retraction

American Journal of Occupational Therapy ◽

10.5014/ajot.2021.75s2-rp32 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 75 (Supplement_2) ◽

pp. 7512500032p1-7512500032p1

Author(s):

Nathan Short ◽

Michelle Mays ◽

Abigail Baist ◽

Anthony Clifton ◽

Adam Horty ◽

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Keyword(s):

Standard Error ◽

Interrater Reliability ◽

Reliable Method ◽

Occupational Performance ◽

Motor Component ◽

Healthy Sample ◽

Primary Author

Abstract Date Presented Accepted for AOTA INSPIRE 2021 but unable to be presented due to online event limitations. This study describes the interrater reliability of a novel goniometric technique to measure scapular protraction and retraction. Measurements obtained by two experienced OTs demonstrated a standard error of measure of less than 4 degrees using this technique on a healthy sample of adults (N = 80). This technique may offer a more reliable method to assess scapular mobility as an essential motor component of occupational performance. Primary Author and Speaker: Nathan Short Additional Authors and Speakers: Michelle Mays, Abigail Baist, Anthony Clifton, Adam Horty, Micaela Kosty, Courtney Olson, and Riddhi Patel Contributing Authors: Thomas Almonreoder

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Recommendations For The Evaluation Of The Foot Tapping Test (ftt) In A Healthy Population

Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise ◽

10.1249/01.mss.0000561528.31234.33 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 51 (Supplement) ◽

pp. 339-340

Author(s):

Morgan K. Delp ◽

Brian A. Pribble ◽

Daniel J. Larson ◽

Christopher D. Black ◽

Rebecca D. Larson

Keyword(s):

Healthy Population ◽

Foot Tapping

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Spanish Validation for Olfactory Function Testing Using the Sniffin’ Sticks Olfactory Test: Threshold, Discrimination, and Identification

Brain Sciences ◽

10.3390/brainsci10120943 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (12) ◽

pp. 943

Author(s):

María Luisa Delgado-Losada ◽

Alice Helena Delgado-Lima ◽

Jaime Bouhaben

Keyword(s):

Age Groups ◽

Objective Measure ◽

The Elderly ◽

Olfactory Function ◽

Olfactory Test ◽

Spanish Validation ◽

Healthy Sample ◽

The One ◽

Test Retest Reliability ◽

Function Testing

The assessment of olfactory function is becoming increasingly relevant, especially in cases of cognitive decline (i.e., neurodegenerative diseases), where olfactory alterations may be relevant as potential early biomarkers. The Sniffin’ Sticks Olfactory Test, developed in Germany and validated in several countries, is an objective measure of olfactory performance. This study aims to validate this test in a Spanish sample. This study included 209 healthy normosmic volunteers (154 females and 55 males) aged between 20 to 79 years (mean age = 50.11 ± 15.18 years) as the normative sample. From this group, 22 participants were retested in order to obtain test–retest reliability evidence. Odor familiarity for descriptors in the olfactory identification test was also studied on an independent healthy sample (n = 69), and required cultural modifications were applied. Results indicate that men and women, as well as smokers and non-smokers, performed equally in every test. However, significant differences were found between age groups in every score. The general trend is that olfactory function progressively decreases as a function of age, the elderly group (+60 years) being the one with the lowest scores. In conclusion, this normative data, in addition to the test’s cultural modifications, allows the Sniffin’ Sticks Olfactory Test to be administered on a Spanish population.

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P2-13-07. Temporal processing between in-phase and antiphase movements during bilateral finger and foot tapping tasks

Clinical Neurophysiology ◽

10.1016/j.clinph.2019.06.211 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 130 (10) ◽

pp. e221

Author(s):

Atsuki Numata ◽

Nozomi Owari ◽

Chiho Kakizaki ◽

Kenichi Sugawara ◽

Yasuo Terao ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Temporal Processing ◽

Foot Tapping

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Change of cortical foot activation following 70 days of head-down bed rest

Journal of Neurophysiology ◽

10.1152/jn.00693.2017 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 119 (6) ◽

pp. 2145-2152 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Peng Yuan ◽

Vincent Koppelmans ◽

Patricia Reuter-Lorenz ◽

Yiri De Dios ◽

Nichole Gadd ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Neural Control ◽

Balance Control ◽

Brain Activity ◽

Brain Activation ◽

Bed Rest ◽

Functional Mobility ◽

Healthy Men ◽

Control Subjects ◽

Long Duration ◽

Foot Tapping

Head-down tilt bed rest (HDBR) has been used as a spaceflight analog to study some of the effects of microgravity on human physiology, cognition, and sensorimotor functions. Previous studies have reported declines in balance control and functional mobility after spaceflight and HDBR. In this study we investigated how the brain activation for foot movement changed with HDBR. Eighteen healthy men participated in the current HDBR study. They were in a 6° head-down tilt position continuously for 70 days. Functional MRI scans were acquired to estimate brain activation for foot movement before, during, and after HDBR. Another 11 healthy men who did not undergo HDBR participated as control subjects and were scanned at four time points. In the HDBR subjects, the cerebellum, fusiform gyrus, hippocampus, and middle occipital gyrus exhibited HDBR-related increases in activation for foot tapping, whereas no HDBR-associated activation decreases were found. For the control subjects, activation for foot tapping decreased across sessions in a couple of cerebellar regions, whereas no activation increase with session was found. Furthermore, we observed that less HDBR-related decline in functional mobility and balance control was associated with greater pre-to-post HDBR increases in brain activation for foot movement in several cerebral and cerebellar regions. Our results suggest that more neural control is needed for foot movement as a result of HDBR. NEW & NOTEWORTHY Long-duration head-down bed rest serves as a spaceflight analog research environment. We show that brain activity in the cerebellum and visual areas during foot movement increases from pre- to post-bed rest and then shows subsequent recovery. Greater increases were seen for individuals who exhibited less decline in functional mobility and balance control, suggestive of adaptive changes in neural control with long-duration bed rest.

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