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Table 2 Hand-eye coordination (HEC). Parameters of the learning curves

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

Parameter

Groups

G1 - DH

G1 - NDH

G2 - DH

Y 0

250ā€‰Ā±ā€‰6*

424ā€‰Ā±ā€‰13

253ā€‰Ā±ā€‰6

Plateau

44ā€‰Ā±ā€‰2#

51ā€‰Ā±ā€‰6

49ā€‰Ā±ā€‰1

PercentFast

70ā€‰Ā±ā€‰3#

76ā€‰Ā±ā€‰3

56ā€‰Ā±ā€‰4

KFast

0.67ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.09#

0.67ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.09

1.96ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.52

KSlow

0.06ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.01#

0.05ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.01

0.10ā€‰Ā±ā€‰0.01

  1. Meanā€‰Ā±ā€‰SEM are presented
  2. G1 trained both the DH and the NDH; G2 trained the DH only; G3 did not train HEC
  3. *pā€‰<ā€‰.05; G1 - DH vs. G1 - NDH
  4. # pā€‰<ā€‰.05; G1 - DH vs. G2 - DH