Evaluation of Speed-Accuracy Trade-Off in a Computer Task to Identify Motor Difficulties in Individuals With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy – A Cross-Sectional Study
da Silva TD, Ribeiro-Papa DC, Coe S, Malheiros SRP, Massetti T, Meira Junior CM, Nicolai Ré AH, Collett J, Monteiro CBM, Dawes H.
Res Dev Disabil. 2020. 96:103541.
The aim of the study was to evaluate movement time during a task at various levels of difficulty and to verify whether the level of difficulty affects the speed and/or accuracy during the task.
Multiple regression analysis indicated that age and motor performance assessed by the MFM-total scale can predict the increase in movement time from one ID to another.
The study also highlited a significant correlations between values of r2 (a coefficient of determination that evaluates the degree of agreement between model predictions and the dependent variable) and the MFM-D3 score, indicating that the higher the distal functioning of the upper limbs, the lower the variability of the movement time.
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