Nonlinear metrics assessing motor variability in a standardized pipetting task: Between- and within-subject variance components

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. The aim of this study was to estimate the between days test-retest reliability of nonlinear metrics used to quantify motor variability in a repetitive pipetting task. On three separate days, 14 healthy subjects performed pipetting as a general model of repetitive tasks. The task...

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Main Authors: Samani, A., Srinivasan, D., Mathiassen, Svend, Madeleine, P.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier Science Ltd 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/69094
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author Samani, A.
Srinivasan, D.
Mathiassen, Svend
Madeleine, P.
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Srinivasan, D.
Mathiassen, Svend
Madeleine, P.
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description © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. The aim of this study was to estimate the between days test-retest reliability of nonlinear metrics used to quantify motor variability in a repetitive pipetting task. On three separate days, 14 healthy subjects performed pipetting as a general model of repetitive tasks. The task consisted of transferring liquid 20 times with a cycle time of 2.8. s from a pickup tube to eight target tubes placed on a table in front of the subjects. The motion of hand, arm and the pipette tip was tracked in 3D and the shoulder elevation and elbow flexion angle were obtained. Motor variability was assessed using nonlinear metrics based on information theory and recurrence quantification analysis. Between- and within- (between-days) subject variance components were computed using a one-way random effect model, and intra-class correlation coefficients (ICC) were calculated from the variance components as standardized measures of reliability. Most of the metrics displayed a considerable between-days variance component and therefore the ICC showed a slight to moderate reliability. The reported data on between- and within-subject variability can be used to design future studies using nonlinear motor variability metrics on kinematics data.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-690942018-06-29T12:35:36Z Nonlinear metrics assessing motor variability in a standardized pipetting task: Between- and within-subject variance components Samani, A. Srinivasan, D. Mathiassen, Svend Madeleine, P. © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. The aim of this study was to estimate the between days test-retest reliability of nonlinear metrics used to quantify motor variability in a repetitive pipetting task. On three separate days, 14 healthy subjects performed pipetting as a general model of repetitive tasks. The task consisted of transferring liquid 20 times with a cycle time of 2.8. s from a pickup tube to eight target tubes placed on a table in front of the subjects. The motion of hand, arm and the pipette tip was tracked in 3D and the shoulder elevation and elbow flexion angle were obtained. Motor variability was assessed using nonlinear metrics based on information theory and recurrence quantification analysis. Between- and within- (between-days) subject variance components were computed using a one-way random effect model, and intra-class correlation coefficients (ICC) were calculated from the variance components as standardized measures of reliability. Most of the metrics displayed a considerable between-days variance component and therefore the ICC showed a slight to moderate reliability. The reported data on between- and within-subject variability can be used to design future studies using nonlinear motor variability metrics on kinematics data. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/69094 10.1016/j.jelekin.2015.01.005 Elsevier Science Ltd restricted
spellingShingle Samani, A.
Srinivasan, D.
Mathiassen, Svend
Madeleine, P.
Nonlinear metrics assessing motor variability in a standardized pipetting task: Between- and within-subject variance components
title Nonlinear metrics assessing motor variability in a standardized pipetting task: Between- and within-subject variance components
title_full Nonlinear metrics assessing motor variability in a standardized pipetting task: Between- and within-subject variance components
title_fullStr Nonlinear metrics assessing motor variability in a standardized pipetting task: Between- and within-subject variance components
title_full_unstemmed Nonlinear metrics assessing motor variability in a standardized pipetting task: Between- and within-subject variance components
title_short Nonlinear metrics assessing motor variability in a standardized pipetting task: Between- and within-subject variance components
title_sort nonlinear metrics assessing motor variability in a standardized pipetting task: between- and within-subject variance components
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/69094