Table 1 Descriptive statistics for the sociodemographic and self-reported data.

From: Effects of movement representation techniques on motor learning of thumb-opposition tasks

Measures

MI (n = 15)

AO (n = 15)

PO (n = 15)

p-value

Age (year)

32.0 ± 12.5

32.9 ± 14.0

29.3 ± 6.7

0.66

BMI (kg/m2)

23.4 ± 2.2

20.8 ± 1.9

23.7 ± 2.4

0.02*

MIQ-R

48.3 ± 6.6

50.4 ± 5.1

48.6 ± 6.5

0.59

MIQ-RK

23.6 ± 3.6

24.2 ± 4.6

24.4 ± 3.1

0.84

MIQ-RV

24.6 ± 3.4

26.2 ± 1.7

24.2 ± 3.6

0.16

MC

1.28 ± 0.3

1.13 ± 0.2

1.42 ± 0.4

0.13

K-MC

1.36 ± 0.4

1.22 ± 0.3

1.45 ± 0.5

0.16

V-MC

1.19 ± 0.3

1.04 ± 0.3

1.41 ± 0.5

0.06

LRT %Total

80.3 ± 10.7

85.0 ± 9.1

81.6 ± 6.9

0.35

LTT %Right Hand

78.0 ± 16.5

84.6 ± 9.9

84.0 ± 9.1

0.27

LRT %Left Hand

82.7 ± 7.9

84.0 ± 9.1

79.3 ± 11.6

0.40

LRT Time

2.4 ± 0.8

2.2 ± 0.3

2.1 ± 0.3

0.35

LRT Right-Hand Time

2.2 ± 0.8

2.2 ± 0.4

2.2 ± 0.5

0.96

LRT Left-Hand Time

2.5 ± 1.1

2.2 ± 0.3

2.0 ± 0.7

0.18

IPAQ

2,879.5 ± 1,443.1

2,589.2 ± 1,238.6

2077.9 ± 1,164.8

.430

IPAQ-Level

   

0.14

 Low

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 

 Moderate

10 (66.7)

10 (66.7)

14 (93.3)

 High

5 (33.3)

5 (33.3)

1 (6.7)

Sex

   

0.91

 Male

9 (60)

8 (53.3)

9 (60)

 

 Female

6 (40)

7 (46.7)

6 (40)

Educational level

   

0.88

 Secondary education

3 (20)

4 (26.7)

4 (26.7)

 

 College education

12 (80)

11 (73.3)

11 (73.3)

Dominant hand

   

0.34

 Right

14 (93.3)

15 (100)

13 (86.7)

 

 Left

1 (6.7)

0 (0)

2 (13.3)

  1. Values are presented as mean ± standard deviation or number (%).
  2. AO action observation, BMI body mass index, IPAQ International Physical Activity Questionnaires, K kinesthetic subscale, LRT laterality recognition task, MI motor imagery, MIQ-R movement imagery questionnaire-revised, MC mental chronometry, PO placebo observation group, V visual subscale, %, successful.