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The combined influence of task accuracy and pace on motor variability in a standardised repetitive precision task
University of Gävle, Faculty of Health and Occupational Studies, Department of Occupational and Public Health Sciences, Occupational health science. University of Gävle, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9327-6177
University of Gävle, Faculty of Health and Occupational Studies, Department of Occupational and Public Health Sciences, Occupational health science. University of Gävle, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1443-6211
Center for Sensory-Motor Interaction (SMI), Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Denmark.
Center for Sensory-Motor Interaction (SMI), Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Denmark.
2015 (English)In: Ergonomics, ISSN 0014-0139, E-ISSN 1366-5847, Vol. 58, no 8, p. 1388-1397Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Thirty-five healthy women, experienced in pipetting, each performed four pipetting sessions at different pace and accuracy levels relevant to occupational tasks. The size and structure of motor variability of shoulder and elbow joint angles were quantified using cycle-to-cycle standard deviations of several kinematics properties, and indices based on sample entropy and recurrence quantification analysis. Decreasing accuracy demands increased both the size and structure of motor variability. However, when simultaneously lowering the accuracy demand and increasing pace, motor variability decreased to values comparable to those found when pace alone was increased without changing accuracy. Thus, motor variability showed some speed-accuracy trade-off, but the pace effect dominated the accuracy effect. Hence, this trade-off was different from that described for end-point performance by Fitts’ law. The combined effect of accuracy and pace and the resultant decrease in motor variability are important to consider when designing sustainable work systems comprising repetitive precision tasks.

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2015. Vol. 58, no 8, p. 1388-1397
Keywords [en]
motor control, cyclic movements, speed-accuracy tradeoff, Fitts’ law, kinematics, linear and nonlinear variability
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Occupational Health and Environmental Health
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-17457DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2015.1005174ISI: 000357505900011PubMedID: 25683668Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84936846854OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hig-17457DiVA, id: diva2:743251
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Forte, Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare, 2011-0075Forte, Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare, 2009-1761Available from: 2014-09-03 Created: 2014-09-03 Last updated: 2018-03-13Bibliographically approved

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