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Table 2 Prevalence rate of individual items of neurological signs in persons with aMCI (n = 29) and normal control (n = 28)

From: Neurological soft signs in persons with amnestic mild cognitive impairment and the relationships to neuropsychological functions

NSS items

aMCI

Normal control

 χ  2

 p 

Motor coordination

Left Finger-thumb tapping

20.7%

0%

6.48

.023

Right Finger-thumb tapping

13.8%

3.6%

1.86

.35

Left Finger-thumb opposition

27.6%

21.4%

.29

.76

Right Finger-thumb opposition

17.2%

10.7%

.50

.71

Left Diadocokinesia

17.2%

10.7%

.50

.71

Right Diadocokinesia

13.8%

7.1%

.67

.67

Left Fist-edge-palm

51.7%

10.7%

11.01

.001

Right Fist-edge-palm

27.6%

7.1%

4.12

.079

Oseretsky test

58.6%

28.6%

5.22

.033

Sensory integration

Extinction

10.3%

3.6%

1.00

.61

Left Finger Agnosia

69.0%

42.9%

3.94

.064

Right Finger Agnosia

34.5%

39.3%

.14

.79

Left Stereognosia

0%

0%

NA

NA

Right Stereognosia

0%

0%

NA

NA

Left Graphesthesia

13.8%

25.0%

1.15

.33

Right Graphesthesia

6.9%

10.7%

.26

.67

Left-Right Orientation

13.8%

14.3%

.003

.99

Disinhibition

Left Mirror Movement of Finger Opposition

6.9%

0%

2.00

.49

Right Mirror Movement of Finger Oppostion

10.3%

3.6%

1.00

.61

Left Mirror Movement of Diadocokinesia

3.4%

3.6%

.001

.99

Right Mirror Movement of Diadocokinesia

24.1%

7.1%

3.10

.14

Saccade Blink

17.2%

7.1%

1.35

.42

Saccade Head

27.6%

10.7%

2.60

.18

Wink

10.3%

21.4%

1.32

.30

Go No-Go Stimulus

44.8%

10.7%

8.21

.007

  1. p-values: two sided, Fisher’s Exact Test.