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Table 1 Participantsā€™ demographics

From: Dominant hand, non-dominant hand, or both? The effect of pre-training in hand-eye coordination upon the learning curve of laparoscopic intra-corporeal knot tying

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Groups

G1 (nā€‰=ā€‰20)

G2 (nā€‰=ā€‰20)

G3 (nā€‰=ā€‰20)

Age (median and range in years)

29 (26ā€“45)

29 (26ā€“37)

32 (27ā€“45)

Gender (%)

ā€ƒā–Ŗ Male

12 (60%)

9 (45%)

9 (45%)

ā€ƒā–Ŗ Female

8 (40%)

11 (55%)

11 (55%)

Training status (%)

ā€ƒā–Ŗ Residents

13 (65%)

16 (80%)

11 (55%)

ā€ƒā–Ŗ Specialists

7 (35%)

4 (20%)

9 (45%)

Dominant hand side

ā€ƒā–Ŗ Right

19 (95%)

17 (85%)

19 (95%)

ā€ƒā–Ŗ Left

1 (5%)

3 (15%)

1 (5%)

  1. Reproduced with permission from Molinas et al. [9]
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