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

Table 4.

Instruments assessing perceived performance

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

Abilhand [42] 23 [43] [43]

Abilhand-kids [44] 21 [44] [44]

COPM [45] variable √* √* √* √* [46,47] [46,47] [47,48]

DHI [49] 18 [49] [49] [49]

GAS [50] variable √* √* √* √* [51,52] [51,52] [51,52]

HFS [53] 13 [53] [53]

MAL [54] 26 [54] [54] [54]

pMAL [55] 22 [56] [56]

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

UE Item Bank [57] 49 [58,59] [58]

‡ = This subcategory covers answers like "can be performed (yes/no)" or "independent performance (yes/no/partly)"; or descriptive answers like "How much effort does it take to perform 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.

COPM = Canadian Occupational Performance Measure; DHI = Duruoz Hand Index; GAS = Goal Attainment Scaling; HFS = Hand Function Survey, MAL = Motor Activity Log; pMAL = Pediatric Motor Activity Log; UE Item bank = upper extremity item bank