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Table 2 Questions of the NASA Task Load Index

From: Validation of a mechanism to balance exercise difficulty in robot-assisted upper-extremity rehabilitation after stroke

Sub-Scales

Endpoints

Question

Mental Demand

Low/High

How mentally demanding was the task?

Physical Demand

Low/High

How physically demanding was the task

Temporal Demand

Low/High

How hurried or rushed was the pace of the task?

Performance

Good/Poor

How successful were you in accomplishing what you were asked to do?

Effort

Low/High

How hard did you have to work to accomplish your level of performance?

Frustration Level

Low/High

How insecure, discouraged, irritated, stressed and annoyed were you?

  1. Used to obtain the subjective workload of a subject [45, 46].