Results, Reports & Data

Decide Whether a Recorded Trial Is Usable

July 27, 2026 Marius Schober 2 min read

Outcome

Accept, repeat, or exclude a trial using the observed task, setup, trace, and notes rather than the report alone.

Applies to

Complete this review in View after every recording and before report generation, export, comparison, or communication.

Operator comparing a saved force trace with the observed task and recorded notes
Trial quality review

Before you begin

  • Know the planned protocol, setup, cue, and repeat criteria.
  • Recall any hesitation, missed contact, assistance, equipment movement, or interruption.
  • Select the intended examination in View.

Steps

  1. Verify the project, Subject, date and time, protocol, and configuration.
  2. Confirm the physical plate arrangement and platform assignment used for the trial.
  3. Check whether tare completed with all plates unloaded.
  4. Compare the observed task with the protocol: starting position, cue, movement sequence, contacts, and finish must agree.
  5. Use playback, zoom, and the time slider to inspect the full trace.
  6. Confirm the trace changes correspond to the observed contacts and movement events.
  7. Check that no obvious activity is missing and no unrelated activity is included.
  8. Read and complete the examiner notes, including any deviation or reason for repetition.
  9. Mark the trial usable only when the setup, observed task, trace, and notes are consistent.
  10. If one element is uncertain, exclude the trial from interpretation and repeat only when safe and necessary.

You should now see

A clearly documented decision: the trial is usable for its stated purpose, or it is excluded with the reason recorded.

Stop or repeat when

  • The wrong project, Subject, protocol, or configuration is attached.
  • Tare, standing state, platform assignment, trace, or event sequence appears implausible.
  • The person did not complete the agreed task or a safety event occurred.
  • Notes are insufficient to explain a deviation.

If it does not work

Do not use report colours or automatically generated text to decide trial quality. Preserve the examination, record the uncertainty, and request review when the trace cannot be reconciled with the observed task.