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. 2012 Apr 12;12:21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-12-21

Table 3.

Instruments assessing capacity

Measurement instrument Target population Number of Items ICF level(s) of the upper limb items Tasks included Activities of daily living included Upper limb use Reference
Stroke CP Function Activity Participation Unimanual Bimanual Basic Extended AOU QOU Other description of use Validity Reliability Responsiveness

Instruments including only items at ICF activity level

ADL observation [16] 4 (√)* (√)* [16] [16]

AMAT [17] 13 [17] [17] [17]

AMPS [15] 2 √* √* [15] [15]

CAHAI [18] 13 [19] [19] [19]

FAT [20] 5 [20] [20] [21]

TEMPA [22] 9 [23] [22]

UBDS [24] 1 [24] [24] [24]

VOAA-DDD [25] 2 [26] [26]

Instruments combining items at ICF activity level with items at ICF function level

AAUT [27] 17 [27] [27]

ARAT [28] 19 [28] [28] [28]

FTHUE [29] 17 [29] [29]

JTHFT [30] 7 [31] [31] [32]

Melbourne [33] 16 [33] [34]

MESUPES [35] 17 [35] [35]

MFT [36] 8 [37] [37]

QUEST [38] 36 [38] [38]

SHUEE [39] 40 [39] [39]

WMFT [40] 17 [41] [41] [41]

‡ = This subcategory covers answers like "can be performed (yes/no)" or "independent performance (yes/no/partly)"; or descriptive answers like "How much feedback does the patient require to complete the task?". * = item can be chosen by therapist/patient and can therefore be unimanual or bimanual and basic ADL or extended ADL.

CP = cerebral palsy; AOU = amount of use; QOU = quality of use.

AAUT = Actual Amount of Use Test; ADL observation = Activities of Daily Living observation; AMAT = Arm Motor Ability Test; AMPS = Assessment of Motor and Process Skills; ARAT = Action Research Arm Test; CAHAI = Chedoke Arm Hand Actvity Inventory; FAT = Frenchay Arm Test; FTHUE = Functional Test for the Hemiplegic Upper Extremity; JTHFT = Jebsen-Taylor Hand Function Test; LMAS = Lindmark Motor Assessment Scale; Melbourne = Melbourne Assessment of Unilateral Upper Limb Function; MESUPES = Motor Evaluation Scale for Upper Extremity Stroke Patients; MFT = Manual Function Test; QUEST = Quality of Upper extremity Skills Test; SHUEE = Shriners Hospital for Children Upper Extremity Evaluation; TEMPA = Upper Extremity Performance Test for Elderly (Test d'Evaluation des Membres supérieurs de Personnes Agées); UBDS = Upper Body Dressing Scale; VOAA-DDD = Video Observation Aarts and Aarts - DDD; WMFT = Wolf Motor Function Test