Advancements in Dexterity Measurement: the digital Nine Hole Peg Test: Validation results of a digital innovation in dexterity assessment

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Abstract

Digitalization in the healthcare sector is progressing rapidly. In the field of measuring instruments for manual dexterity, digitization has resulted in major limitations in terms of ease of use and usability. This study describes the development of a digital nine-hole peg test (dNHPT) for assessing hand dexterity that can be used just as easily and quickly as the original nine-hole peg test. The extensive validation of the dNHPT includes the investigation of validity, reliability, clinical utility and user-friendliness This paper presents the validation of clinical utility and usability of the dNHPT. The comparison of the original ninehole peg test (NHPT) und the dNHPT show similar clinical utility of the dNHPT and the NHPT (74% of all ratings of dNHPT are equal to or better than the NHPT) and good to excellent System Usability Scale Scores of 78 (CI95: 75;81) and 85 (CI95: 80;89). Several recommendations for further development of the dNHPT were identified. The newly developed dNHPT presented here supports the quality of data collection through automated time measurement and result presentation and shows good usability and clinical utility ratings.

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)510-513
Number of pages4
JournalCurrent Directions in Biomedical Engineering
Volume10
Issue number4
Publication statusPublished - 19 Dec 2024
Peer-reviewedYes

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ORCID /0000-0002-9888-8460/work/173517231
ORCID /0000-0002-7609-1565/work/173517476
Scopus 85217859811

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Keywords

  • Clinical utility, development, digital Nine Hole Peg Test, measurement instrument, validation