Valid and reliable instruments for arm-hand assessment at ICF activity level in persons with hemiplegia: a systematic review

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

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