Table 1.

Exam Table Touches With and Without Exam Table Paper

Area of Table and Exam Types	Number of Touches, mean (SD)			P Value
Area of Table and Exam Types	With ETP	Without ETP^{^a}	Difference^{^b}	t Test	Wilcoxon
Covered area	0.67 (0.82)	1.00 (0.63)	0.33 (0.82)	.363	.317
Abdominal	1.50 (0.71)	1.50 (0.71)
Cardiorespiratory	0.50 (0.71)	0.50 (0.71)
Hip and knee	0.00 (0.00)	1.00 (0.00)
Uncovered area	2.17 (1.33)	2.83 (1.60)	0.67 (0.82)	.102	.102
Abdominal	3.00 (1.41)	4.00 (0.00)
Cardiorespiratory	1.00 (1.41)	1.00 (1.41)
Hip and knee	2.50 (0.71)	3.50 (0.71)
Total table	2.83 (1.94)	3.83 (2.13)	1.00 (1.55)	.175	.141
Abdominal	4.50 (2.12)	5.50 (0.71)
Cardiorespiratory	1.50 (2.12)	1.50 (2.12)
Hip and knee	2.50 (0.71)	4.50 (0.71)

ETP = examination table paper.
Note: Each of 6 participants were examined for 1 type of examination twice (with and without ETP present). Each type of exam was performed with 2 participants.
↵a When paper was not present, the area that would have been covered or not was retained for counts.
↵b Difference represents the number of touches without paper compared with the number with paper.