Type of task | Task description | Duration/repetitions |
Rest | Arms at rest, in a relaxed position on the participant’s lap and supinated hands | 20–30 s |
Postural tasks | Supinated outstretched arms and hands | 20–30 s |
Pronated outstretched arms and relaxed wrists | 20–30 s | |
Pronated outstretched arms and hands | 20–30 s | |
Pronated outstretched arms and extended wrists | 20–30 s | |
Hands in front of chest: shoulders abducted at 90 degrees, fingers pointing towards each other | 20–30 s | |
Index finger in front of nose* | 20–30 s | |
Dexterity | Spiral drawing* | 1 Archimedes spiral |
Writing* | 1 sentence | |
Nine-hole pegboard test* | 1 test | |
Diadochokinesis | 20–30 s | |
Finger tapping | Finger tapping task: metronome cue* (3 and 5 Hz) | 20 s |
Finger tapping task: self-paced* | 20–30 s | |
Four-finger tapping task* | 20–30 s | |
Pointing tasks | Simple finger-to-nose manoeuvre* | 5 repetitions |
Point-to-nose test* | 12 repetitions | |
Point-to-point test* | 12 repetitions | |
Mental distraction | Pronated outstretched arms and hands+‘serial sevens’ (100–7–7 etc) | 20–30 s |
Suppression | Pronated outstretched arms and hands+request to suppress all other movements | 20–30 s |
Speech | Repetition, spontaneous sentences, sustained vowel phonation | Not applicable |
Drinking | Drinking from a cup* | 5 repetitions |
Gait | Standing | 20–30 s |
Walking | 20–30 s | |
Tandem gait | 20–30 s |
*All unilateral tasks are subsequently performed with the right and left hand.