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Reliability of the triangle completion test in the real-world and in virtual reality

BACKGROUND: The triangle completion test has been used to assess egocentric wayfinding for decades, yet there is little information on its reliability. We developed a virtual reality (VR) based test and investigated whether either test of spatial navigation was reliable. OBJECTIVE: To examine test-r...

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Autores principales: McLaren, Ruth, Chaudhary, Shikha, Rashid, Usman, Ravindran, Shobika, Taylor, Denise
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9411518/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36034112
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2022.945953
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author McLaren, Ruth
Chaudhary, Shikha
Rashid, Usman
Ravindran, Shobika
Taylor, Denise
author_facet McLaren, Ruth
Chaudhary, Shikha
Rashid, Usman
Ravindran, Shobika
Taylor, Denise
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description BACKGROUND: The triangle completion test has been used to assess egocentric wayfinding for decades, yet there is little information on its reliability. We developed a virtual reality (VR) based test and investigated whether either test of spatial navigation was reliable. OBJECTIVE: To examine test-retest reliability of the real-world and VR triangle completion tests. A secondary objective was to examine the usability of the VR based test. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Thirty healthy adults aged 18–45 years were recruited to this block randomized study. Participants completed two sessions of triangle completion tests in the real-world and VR on the same day with a break between sessions. RESULTS: In both test versions distance from the endpoint and angle of deviation showed poor test-retest reliability (r < 0.5). Distance traveled had moderate reliability in both the real-world and VR tests (r = 0.55 95% CI [0.23, 0.76]; r = 0.66 95% CI [0.4, 0.83, respectively]). The VR triangle test showed poor correlation with the real-world test. CONCLUSION: The triangle completion test has poor test-retest reliability and demonstrates poor concurrent validity between the real-world and VR. Nevertheless, it was feasible to translate a real-world test of spatial navigation into VR. VR provides opportunities for development of clinically relevant spatial navigation tests in the future.
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spelling pubmed-94115182022-08-27 Reliability of the triangle completion test in the real-world and in virtual reality McLaren, Ruth Chaudhary, Shikha Rashid, Usman Ravindran, Shobika Taylor, Denise Front Hum Neurosci Human Neuroscience BACKGROUND: The triangle completion test has been used to assess egocentric wayfinding for decades, yet there is little information on its reliability. We developed a virtual reality (VR) based test and investigated whether either test of spatial navigation was reliable. OBJECTIVE: To examine test-retest reliability of the real-world and VR triangle completion tests. A secondary objective was to examine the usability of the VR based test. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Thirty healthy adults aged 18–45 years were recruited to this block randomized study. Participants completed two sessions of triangle completion tests in the real-world and VR on the same day with a break between sessions. RESULTS: In both test versions distance from the endpoint and angle of deviation showed poor test-retest reliability (r < 0.5). Distance traveled had moderate reliability in both the real-world and VR tests (r = 0.55 95% CI [0.23, 0.76]; r = 0.66 95% CI [0.4, 0.83, respectively]). The VR triangle test showed poor correlation with the real-world test. CONCLUSION: The triangle completion test has poor test-retest reliability and demonstrates poor concurrent validity between the real-world and VR. Nevertheless, it was feasible to translate a real-world test of spatial navigation into VR. VR provides opportunities for development of clinically relevant spatial navigation tests in the future. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-08-12 /pmc/articles/PMC9411518/ /pubmed/36034112 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2022.945953 Text en Copyright © 2022 McLaren, Chaudhary, Rashid, Ravindran and Taylor. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Human Neuroscience
McLaren, Ruth
Chaudhary, Shikha
Rashid, Usman
Ravindran, Shobika
Taylor, Denise
Reliability of the triangle completion test in the real-world and in virtual reality
title Reliability of the triangle completion test in the real-world and in virtual reality
title_full Reliability of the triangle completion test in the real-world and in virtual reality
title_fullStr Reliability of the triangle completion test in the real-world and in virtual reality
title_full_unstemmed Reliability of the triangle completion test in the real-world and in virtual reality
title_short Reliability of the triangle completion test in the real-world and in virtual reality
title_sort reliability of the triangle completion test in the real-world and in virtual reality
topic Human Neuroscience
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9411518/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36034112
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2022.945953
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