Finger Tapping: Why Can't We Alternate Hands?

The purpose of this research was to determine if there is any need, as per the Halstead-Reitan instructions, to test each hand uninterruptedly on the Finger Oscillation Test (FoT). To the authors' knowledge, there is no widely available research addressing this issue. Enabling administration of...

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Published in:Applied neuropsychology. Adult 2013-07, Vol.20 (3), p.187-191
Main Authors: Eng, Kari, Rolin, Summer, Fazio, Rachel, Biddle, Christine, O'Grady, Megan, Denney, Robert
Format: Article
Language:English
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Attention
Biological and medical sciences
clinical
Medical sciences
neuropsychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychometrics. Diagnostic aid systems
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
symptom validity testing
Techniques and methods
tests < neuropsychology
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Summary:The purpose of this research was to determine if there is any need, as per the Halstead-Reitan instructions, to test each hand uninterruptedly on the Finger Oscillation Test (FoT). To the authors' knowledge, there is no widely available research addressing this issue. Enabling administration of the FoT using alternate hands would theoretically make the administration of the assessment more efficient. In this study, participants consisted of 49 graduate students. All were administered the FoT with standard instructions and using an alternating-hands method. The order of administration was counterbalanced to avoid practice effects, and subjects completed distractor tasks between administrations. Results indicated there was a difference between the two administration methods for both dominant, t(47) = −4.09, p 
ISSN:2327-9095
2327-9109
DOI:10.1080/09084282.2012.684114