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: Received: 13 November 2019 / Approved: 15 November 2019 / Online: 15 November 2019 (03:46:22 CET)
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Liutsko, L.; Muinos, R.; Tous Ral, J.M.; Contreras, M.J. Fine Motor Precision Tasks: Sex Differences in Performance with and without Visual Guidance across Different Age Groups. Preprints.org2019, 2019110168. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201911.0168.v1.
Liutsko, L.; Muinos, R.; Tous Ral, J.M.; Contreras, M.J. Fine Motor Precision Tasks: Sex Differences in Performance with and without Visual Guidance across Different Age Groups. Preprints.org 2019, 2019110168. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201911.0168.v1.
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Liutsko, L.; Muinos, R.; Tous Ral, J.M.; Contreras, M.J. Fine Motor Precision Tasks: Sex Differences in Performance with and without Visual Guidance across Different Age Groups. Preprints.org2019, 2019110168. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201911.0168.v1.
Liutsko, L.; Muinos, R.; Tous Ral, J.M.; Contreras, M.J. Fine Motor Precision Tasks: Sex Differences in Performance with and without Visual Guidance across Different Age Groups. Preprints.org 2019, 2019110168. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201911.0168.v1.
Abstract
Previous studies have reported certain sex differences in motor performance precision. The aim of the present study was to analyse sex differences in fine motor precision performance for both hands in different tests conditions. 220 Spanish participants (ages: 12-95) performed fine motor tasks - tracing over the provided models – lines of 40 mm for both hands, two sensory conditions (PV – proprioceptive-visual; P – proprioceptive only) and three movement types (F – frontal, T – transversal and S - Sagittal). Differences in line length (the task focused on precision) were observed through MANOVA analysis for all test conditions, both sexes and different age groups. Sex differences in precision were observed in F and T movement types (statistically significance level and higher Cohens’ d was observed in condition with vision). No any statistically significant differences were observed in both hands and sensory conditions in sagittal type. Sex differences in fine motor precision were more frequently observed in the PV sensory condition in the frontal movement type and less in the sagittal one.
Keywords
fine motor precision; vision; proprioception; sex differences; individual differences; personality
Subject
Social Sciences, Cognitive Science
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