Assessment Tools and Classification Systems Used For the Upper Extremity in Children With Cerebral Palsy
- Abstract:
- Background Clinicians interested in assessment and outcome measurement of upper extremity (UE) function and performance in children with cerebral palsy (CP) must choose from a wide range of tools.
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s11999-011-2065-x
- URL:
- <Go to ISI>://WOS:000304094400004
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21932104 - Journal:
- Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
- issn:
- 0009-921x
- Publication year:
- 2012
- pages:
- 1257-1271
- Functional status:
- Physical functioning
- Age:
- Children (0-18)
- Disease:
- Diseases of and symptoms related to the nervous system
- Type of measurement instrument:
- 5 - Videos
6 - Clinical rating scales
7 - Observations - Instrument:
- ABILHAND-Kids
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AHA - Assisting Hand Assessment
ASK - Activities Scale for Kids
BBT - Box and Block Test (versions: BBT in VR)
CAPE/PAC - Children's Assessment of Participation and Enjoyment / Preferences for Activities of Children |
Children's Hand-use Experience Questionnaire
CHQ - Child Health Questionnaire (versions: CHQ-SF; CHQ50)
COPM - Canadian Occupational Performance Measure |
CP QOL - Cerebral Palsy Quality of Life (versions: CP QOL-Child; CP QOL-teenager; CP QOL-primary caregiver)
GAS - Goal Attainment Scale |
House Scale
JTHFT - Jebsen Taylor Hand Function Test (versions: MJTHFT) [alias: JTT] |
LIFE-H - Assessment of Life Habits
Manual Ability Classification System
MUUL - Melbourne Assessment of Unilateral Upper Limb Function (versions: MUUL-2)
PEDI - Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (versions: PEDI-CAS - PEDI-Caregiver Assistance Scale; PEDI-CAT - PEDI-Computer Adaptive Test; PEDI-CAT ASD-autism spectrum disorder) |
PedsQL-CP - Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory-Cerebral Palsy module
PODCI - Pediatric Outcomes Data Collection Instrument (versions: PODCI-v2; PODCI-UE - PODCI-Upper Extremity; PODCI-parent proxy form; Scoliosis Research Society PODCI; Scoliosis Research Society PODCI-e-version)
QUEST - Quality of Upper Extremity Skills Test
SHUEE - Shriners Hospital Upper Extremity Evaluation
WeeFIM - Functional Independence Measure for Children [alias: PFIM - Pediatric Functional Independence Measure]