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Table 1 MDT task parameter values and inter-rater reliability

From: Robotic tests for position sense and movement discrimination in the upper limb reveal that they each are highly reproducible but not correlated in healthy individuals

Task

Parameter

Median

Test-Retest

(T1 v T2)

Correlation (r) between all trials & 50 trials

T1 (cm)

T2 (cm)

ICC (95% CI) Absolute

Correlation (r)

Sw (cm)

CR (cm)

T1

T2

MDT Task

Discrimination Threshold

0.38

0.34

0.78 (0.52–0.90)

0.8**

0.111

0.306

Displacement Variability

0.31

0.22*

0.66 (0.28–0.86)

0.71**

0.100

0.276

MDT Task (50 Trials)

Discrimination Threshold

0.40

0.37

0.90 (0.77–0.96)

0.90**

0.088

0.244

0.87**

0.88**

Displacement Variability

0.26

0.19

0.20 (−0.22–0.57)

0.20

0.173

0.480

0.78**

0.89**

  1. Sw Within-subjects standard deviation
  2. CR Repeatability coefficient
  3. * p value < 0.05
  4. **bonferroni-corrected p value < 0.001