The purpose of this test was to measure finger and hand dexterity or accuracy.
The subject was asked to place nine pegs in nine holes and to remove them with the left hand as quickly as possible.
We used nine wooden dowels of 9 mm diameter and 32 mm length.
The board was a wooden base with nine holes (10 mm diameter, 15 mm deep) 15 mm apart in three rows of three holes and with a tray 100 mm square and 100 mm deep to hold the pegs.
The computer recorded the time neccessary to perform the test.
Five trials with five minutes rest were recorded. We used the mean of the five trials.