We examined the effect of sleep deprivation on self-motion perception (vection). We measured the strength of vection, its latency, and its duration in two conditions: Sleep-Deprivation and NormalSleep (by using the between-subject design). For the Sleep-Deprivation condition, participants did not sleep for about 20 hours. We also recorded subjective sleepiness with a subjective rating scale tha...

Task difficulty and validity The Assessment of Capacity for Myoelectric Control (ACMC) is an observational assessment designed to assess a prosthesis user’s ability to operate a myoelectric prosthetic hand in a bimanual task [1]. The prosthesis user is encouraged to select a bimanual task for the assessment. Concern has been raised over the tasks being used in the assessments [2]. Would a prost...

The validity and reliability of the Outcome Rating Scale (ORS) and the Session Rating Scale (SRS) were evaluated against existing longer measures, including the Outcome Questionnaire-45, Working Alliance Inventory, Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21, Quality of Life Scale, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale and General Self-efficacy Scale. The measures were administered to patients referred for psycho...