Ashendorf Lee, Vanderslice-Barr Jana L, McCaffrey Robert J
Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, Bedford, Massachusetts 01730, USA.
Appl Neuropsychol. 2009 Jul;16(3):171-6. doi: 10.1080/09084280903098562.
The Finger Tapping Test (FTT) and Grooved Pegboard Test (GPT) are commonly used in neuropsychological assessments. The performance of healthy older adults on these tasks has not been well characterized in the existing literature. The present study examines FTT and GPT performance in a sample of 307 community-dwelling older individuals (ages 55-74) with no neurological or psychiatric history.
FTT performance was influenced by age, gender, and education, while GPT performance was influenced by age and gender. Findings are presented for both hands, as well as dominant-to-non-dominant hand ratio score, on each test. Correlations with other neuropsychological measures demonstrated that the GPT is more strongly correlated with measures of most domains (memory, processing speed, executive functioning, and spatial organization) than the FTT.
While the FTT can be used to measure upper extremity motor ability, the GPT may be more strongly associated with general cognitive functioning in healthy adults. The FTT and GPT results presented will improve the utility of these tasks in clinical assessments of older adults.
手指敲击测试（FTT）和凹槽钉板测试（GPT）常用于神经心理学评估。健康老年人在这些任务上的表现，在现有文献中尚未得到充分描述。本研究考察了307名无神经或精神病史、居住在社区的老年人（年龄55 - 74岁）样本中的FTT和GPT表现。
FTT表现受年龄、性别和教育程度影响，而GPT表现受年龄和性别的影响。给出了每项测试中双手的结果，以及优势手与非优势手的比率分数。与其他神经心理学测量的相关性表明，GPT与大多数领域（记忆、处理速度、执行功能和空间组织）的测量相关性比FTT更强。
虽然FTT可用于测量上肢运动能力，但GPT可能与健康成年人的一般认知功能更密切相关。所呈现的FTT和GPT结果将提高这些任务在老年人临床评估中的效用。
