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The role of sex and handedness in the performance of the smartphone-based Finger-Tapping Test

The Finger Tapping Test (FTT) is a classical neuropsychological test that assesses motor functioning, and recently it has been employed using smartphones. For classical protocols, it has been observed that sex and handedness influence the performance during the test. By assessing the influence of se...

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Autores principales: Brito, Felipe André Costa, Monteiro, Luis Carlos Pereira, Rocha Santos, Enzo Gabriel, de Lima, Ramon Costa, Santos-Lobato, Bruno Lopes, Cabral, André Santos, Callegari, Bianca, Costa e Silva, Anselmo de Athayde, Souza, Givago Silva
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Publicado: Public Library of Science 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10431671/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37585430
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pdig.0000304
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author Brito, Felipe André Costa
Monteiro, Luis Carlos Pereira
Rocha Santos, Enzo Gabriel
de Lima, Ramon Costa
Santos-Lobato, Bruno Lopes
Cabral, André Santos
Callegari, Bianca
Costa e Silva, Anselmo de Athayde
Souza, Givago Silva
author_facet Brito, Felipe André Costa
Monteiro, Luis Carlos Pereira
Rocha Santos, Enzo Gabriel
de Lima, Ramon Costa
Santos-Lobato, Bruno Lopes
Cabral, André Santos
Callegari, Bianca
Costa e Silva, Anselmo de Athayde
Souza, Givago Silva
author_sort Brito, Felipe André Costa
collection PubMed
description The Finger Tapping Test (FTT) is a classical neuropsychological test that assesses motor functioning, and recently it has been employed using smartphones. For classical protocols, it has been observed that sex and handedness influence the performance during the test. By assessing the influence of sex and handedness on the test, it is possible to adjust the performance measurements to ensure the validity of test results and avoid sex- and handedness-related bias. The present study aimed to evaluate the influence of sex and handedness on smartphone-based FTT performance. We developed an Android application for the FTT and recruited 40 males and 40 females to carry out three spatial designs on it (protocols I, II, and III). Participants’ performance was measured using the global, temporal, and spatial parameters of the FTT. We observed that for the performance in protocol I, handedness had a significant influence on global and temporal variables, while the interaction between handedness and sex had a greater influence on spatial variables. For protocols II and III, we observed that handedness had a significant influence on global, temporal, and spatial variables compared to the other factors. We concluded that the smartphone-based test is partly influenced by handedness and sex, and in clinical implications, these factors should be considered during the evaluation of the smartphone-based FTT.
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spelling pubmed-104316712023-08-17 The role of sex and handedness in the performance of the smartphone-based Finger-Tapping Test Brito, Felipe André Costa Monteiro, Luis Carlos Pereira Rocha Santos, Enzo Gabriel de Lima, Ramon Costa Santos-Lobato, Bruno Lopes Cabral, André Santos Callegari, Bianca Costa e Silva, Anselmo de Athayde Souza, Givago Silva PLOS Digit Health Research Article The Finger Tapping Test (FTT) is a classical neuropsychological test that assesses motor functioning, and recently it has been employed using smartphones. For classical protocols, it has been observed that sex and handedness influence the performance during the test. By assessing the influence of sex and handedness on the test, it is possible to adjust the performance measurements to ensure the validity of test results and avoid sex- and handedness-related bias. The present study aimed to evaluate the influence of sex and handedness on smartphone-based FTT performance. We developed an Android application for the FTT and recruited 40 males and 40 females to carry out three spatial designs on it (protocols I, II, and III). Participants’ performance was measured using the global, temporal, and spatial parameters of the FTT. We observed that for the performance in protocol I, handedness had a significant influence on global and temporal variables, while the interaction between handedness and sex had a greater influence on spatial variables. For protocols II and III, we observed that handedness had a significant influence on global, temporal, and spatial variables compared to the other factors. We concluded that the smartphone-based test is partly influenced by handedness and sex, and in clinical implications, these factors should be considered during the evaluation of the smartphone-based FTT. Public Library of Science 2023-08-16 /pmc/articles/PMC10431671/ /pubmed/37585430 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pdig.0000304 Text en © 2023 Brito et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Brito, Felipe André Costa
Monteiro, Luis Carlos Pereira
Rocha Santos, Enzo Gabriel
de Lima, Ramon Costa
Santos-Lobato, Bruno Lopes
Cabral, André Santos
Callegari, Bianca
Costa e Silva, Anselmo de Athayde
Souza, Givago Silva
The role of sex and handedness in the performance of the smartphone-based Finger-Tapping Test
title The role of sex and handedness in the performance of the smartphone-based Finger-Tapping Test
title_full The role of sex and handedness in the performance of the smartphone-based Finger-Tapping Test
title_fullStr The role of sex and handedness in the performance of the smartphone-based Finger-Tapping Test
title_full_unstemmed The role of sex and handedness in the performance of the smartphone-based Finger-Tapping Test
title_short The role of sex and handedness in the performance of the smartphone-based Finger-Tapping Test
title_sort role of sex and handedness in the performance of the smartphone-based finger-tapping test
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10431671/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37585430
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pdig.0000304
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