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Background  There is no ‘gold-standard’ for the evaluation of dexterity for the health professional or podiatrist populations. This has resulted in a broad array of generalised tests to evaluate dexterity. Thus, the aim was to determine which objective generalised dexterity tests are best suited to evaluating dexterity in a podiatry student population.    Methods  A cohort of  Novice  podiatry students and  Experienced  podiatrists were recruited and evaluated on a battery of dexterity tests selected to evaluate a variety of different elements. Group differences were evaluated statistically and regression undertaken on significant test outcomes.    Results  A total of 108 participants were recruited with 54 participants in each of the Novice and Experienced groups. Five of the eight tests were able to discriminate dexterous ability of participants in the  Novice  and  Experienced  groups. These included the Grip-lift task, GPT, P-MVC, G-MVC and the AsTex® sensory discrimination test. These tests comprised a total of 11 significant dependent variables ( p  <  0.05). From the test battery, outcomes were able to predict 79% of the group membership. Age and experience did not explain within-group variability for the  Experienced  group.    Conclusion  Whilst the  Experienced  group displayed superior performance in strength and speed, the  Novice  group showed superior coordination and sensory ability. From these findings, we would recommend that outcomes from the Grooved Pegboard Test, Grip-lift task, Grip Strength test and Pinch Grip strength test be used to evaluate elements of dexterity in this population.    Electronic supplementary material  The online version of this article (10.1186/s12909-018-1276-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

Measuring dexterity in the podiatrist population: a cross-sectional comparison of novice students and experienced podiatrists