Why Timed Functional Tests are Undesirable
R. N. SCOTT, P ENG* AND E. R. SANDERSON, OT(C)
There is a notion in the clinical community that functional tests should be based upon performance speed. Insight derived from the perspective of human operator modelling shows, however, that timed response to a command is at best a very risky measure. The authors present both theoretical and clinical arguments for quality, rather than speed, as the preferred performance measure.
*Bio-Engineering Institute, University of New Brunswick, Box 4400, Fredericton, New Brunswick, E313 5A3
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