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Table 3 Laparoscopic intra-corporeal knot tying (LICK). 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

Score

Groups

G1

G2

G3

Y 0

615 ± 17

655 ± 29

622 ± 35

Y 3

143 ± 7*

246 ± 13

288 ± 17

Plateau

38 ± 5

39 ± 6

42 ± 6

PercentFast

88 ± 3*

62 ± 9

42 ± 9

KFast

0.79 ± 0.08

0.81 ± 0.22

1.26 ± 0.67

KSlow

0.06 ± 0.03

0.10 ± 0.03

0.11 ± 0.02

  1. Mean ± SEM are presented
  2. G1, G2, and G3 performed the same standard training program for LICK
  3. *p < .05; G1 vs. G2 and G1 vs. G3
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