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Inhibitory Control of Adjacent Finger Movements while Performing a Modified Version of the Halstead Finger Tapping Test: Effects of Age, Education and Sex

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 November 2020

George P. Prigatano Open the ORCID record for George P. Prigatano in new tab/window[Opens in a new window] ,
Sandro Barbosa de Oliveira ,
Carlos Wellington Passos Goncalves ,
Sheila Marques Denucci ,
Roberta Monteiro Pereira  and
Lucia Willadino Braga
George P. Prigatano
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Neuropsychology, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ, USA
Sandro Barbosa de Oliveira
Affiliation:
SARAH Network of Rehabilitation Hospitals, Brasilia, Brazil
Carlos Wellington Passos Goncalves
Affiliation:
SARAH Network of Rehabilitation Hospitals, Brasilia, Brazil
Sheila Marques Denucci
Affiliation:
SARAH Network of Rehabilitation Hospitals, Brasilia, Brazil
Roberta Monteiro Pereira
Affiliation:
SARAH Network of Rehabilitation Hospitals, Brasilia, Brazil
Lucia Willadino Braga
Affiliation:
SARAH Network of Rehabilitation Hospitals, Brasilia, Brazil
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george.prigatano@dignityhealth.org
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Abstract

Objective:

Selective motor inhibition is known to decline with age. The purpose of this study was to determine the frequency of failures at inhibitory control of adjacent finger movements while performing a repetitive finger tapping task in young, middle-aged and older adults. Potential education and sex effects were also evaluated.

Methods:

Kinematic recordings of adjacent finger movements were obtained on 107 healthy adults (ages 20–80) while they performed a modified version of the Halstead Finger Tapping Test (HTFF). Study participants were instructed to inhibit all finger movements while tapping with the index finger.

Results:

Inability to inhibit adjacent finger movements while performing the task was infrequent in young adults (2.9% of individuals between 20 and 39 years of age) but increased with age (23.3% between the ages of 40 and 59; 31.0% between ages 60 and 80). Females and males did not differ in their inability to inhibit adjacent finger movements, but individuals with a college education showed a lower frequency of failure to inhibit adjacent finger movements (10.3%) compared to those with a high school education (28.6%). These findings were statistically significant only for the dominant hand.

Conclusion:

Selective motor inhibition failures are most common in the dominant hand and occur primarily in older healthy adults while performing the modified version of the HFTT. Monitoring selective motor inhibition failures may have diagnostic significance.

Keywords

Kinematic recordings Selective motor inhibition Halstead Finger Tapping Test Age Sex Education
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Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society , First View , pp. 1 - 12
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Copyright © INS. Published by Cambridge University Press, 2020

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