Table 2.

Distribution (%) of ratings in the ABILHAND Questionnaire (n = 75)

	Items	Impossible	Difficult	Easy	NA	Level
1	Hammering a nail	19	28	31	23	C
2	Threading a needle	23	31	15	32	C
3	Peeling potatoes	13	35	51	1	C
4	Cutting one’s nails	19	42	39	0	C
5	Wrapping up gifts	16	35	23	27	C
6	Cutting meat	9	41	48	1	C
7	Filing one’s nails	8	33	31	28	C
8	Peeling onions	12	29	51	8	C
9	Shelling hazel nuts	0	9	20	71	C
10	Opening a screw-topped jar	5	23	71	1	C
11	Fastening the zipper of a jacket	3	37	60	0	B
12	Tearing open a pack of chips	15	41	40	4	C
13	Buttoning up a shirt	12	45	41	1	A
14	Sharpening a pencil	0	4	41	55	C
15	Taking the cap off a bottle	1	21	76	1	B
16	Spreading butter on a slice of bread	1	27	72	0	A
17	Fastening a snap (jacket, bag)	3	12	84	1	B
18	Buttoning up trousers	4	29	65	1	B
19	Opening mail	0	6	84	0	B
20	Pulling up the zipper of trousers	2	16	80	1	A
21	Squeezing tooth-paste on a toothbrush	0	8	92	0	A
22	Unwrapping a chocolate bar	1	32	63	4	A
23	Washing one’s hands	0	5	95	0	A

Items ranked from 1 to 23: from more difficult to less difficult. NA not applicable. Level A: the item is breakable into unimanual sequences; level B: the item requires stabilization with the affected limb; level C: the item requires fine bimanual dexterity. Due to truncation the percentage values do not add up to 100 % for all items