TY - JOUR
T1 - Dexterity as measured with the 9-Hole Peg Test (9-HPT) across the age span
AU - Wang, Ying Chih
AU - Bohannon, Richard W.
AU - Kapellusch, Jay
AU - Garg, Arun
AU - Gershon, Richard C.
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding source: This study is funded in whole or in part with Federal funds from the Blueprint for Neuroscience Research and the Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research, National Institutes of Health under Contract No. HHS-N-260-2006-00007-C , with additional support from the National Children's Study , under Contract No. HHS-N-267-2007-00027-C .
PY - 2015/1/1
Y1 - 2015/1/1
N2 - Study design: Cross-sectional observational, clinical measurement. Introduction: Manual dexterity is an important aspect of motor function across the age span. Purpose of the study: To present the norms for the 9-Hole Peg Test (9-HPT) across the age span (3-85 years) and compare the 9-HPT performance by age group, gender, dominance, handedness, ethnicity, race, and language preference. Methods: A population-based sample of 4319 subjects contributed data to this study which was part of the NIH Toolbox Norming Project. Results: The 16-39 age groups demonstrated the shortest completion time (dominant hand, males completed a trial in 19-20 s, and females 18-19 s), and the youngest children 3-5 age groups showed the longest completion time with largest variation (males 32-51 s and females 32-45 s). Across all age groups, females performed slightly better as compared to males (22.5 versus 24.2 s). Dominant hands completed the test more quickly than the non-dominant hands (23.3 versus 25.4 s). Individuals who are not Hispanic or Latino performed slightly better than individuals who are Hispanic or Latino (22.2 versus 25.6 s). The completion time for English speakers was shorter than Spanish speakers (22.3 versus 27.8 s). There were no statistical differences by handedness (P = 0.6) or race (White versus Black or African American, P = 0.4). Conclusions: We present norms of the 9-HPT established by the NIH Toolbox. The norms can be used to determine the presence of impairments in dexterity across the age span. Level of evidence NA
AB - Study design: Cross-sectional observational, clinical measurement. Introduction: Manual dexterity is an important aspect of motor function across the age span. Purpose of the study: To present the norms for the 9-Hole Peg Test (9-HPT) across the age span (3-85 years) and compare the 9-HPT performance by age group, gender, dominance, handedness, ethnicity, race, and language preference. Methods: A population-based sample of 4319 subjects contributed data to this study which was part of the NIH Toolbox Norming Project. Results: The 16-39 age groups demonstrated the shortest completion time (dominant hand, males completed a trial in 19-20 s, and females 18-19 s), and the youngest children 3-5 age groups showed the longest completion time with largest variation (males 32-51 s and females 32-45 s). Across all age groups, females performed slightly better as compared to males (22.5 versus 24.2 s). Dominant hands completed the test more quickly than the non-dominant hands (23.3 versus 25.4 s). Individuals who are not Hispanic or Latino performed slightly better than individuals who are Hispanic or Latino (22.2 versus 25.6 s). The completion time for English speakers was shorter than Spanish speakers (22.3 versus 27.8 s). There were no statistical differences by handedness (P = 0.6) or race (White versus Black or African American, P = 0.4). Conclusions: We present norms of the 9-HPT established by the NIH Toolbox. The norms can be used to determine the presence of impairments in dexterity across the age span. Level of evidence NA
KW - Age groups
KW - Assessment
KW - Hand function
KW - Motor skills
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jht.2014.09.002
DO - 10.1016/j.jht.2014.09.002
M3 - Article
C2 - 25449717
AN - SCOPUS:84923612505
SN - 0894-1130
VL - 28
SP - 53
EP - 60
JO - Journal of Hand Therapy
JF - Journal of Hand Therapy
IS - 1
ER -