A standardised hand function test based on seven of the eight most common hand grips is
reported. The test consists of 20 activities of daily living. The test procedure and the method …

1. Observation, visual inspection, and palpation provide information regarding the patient's
general health status and present condition. 2. Therapists and surgeons need to obtain a …

Chen CC, Bode RK. Psychometric validation of the Manual Ability Measure-36 (MAM-36) in
patients with neurologic and musculoskeletal disorders. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the …

PURPOSE: The Michigan Hand Outcomes Questionnaire (MHQ) is a domain-specific
questionnaire that was developed to be used as a standardized instrument capable of …

Responsiveness is an important property of an outcomes questionnaire. It can be defined as
the ability of an instrument to capture important changes in a patient's health status over …

STUDY DESIGN: Systematic review. INTRODUCTION: A number of measurement tools with
strong clinimetric properties address activities and participation in hand-injured persons …

Background: To interpret patient-rated outcome measures, clinicians rely on the minimal
clinically important difference. The authors studied the range of minimal clinically important …

Objective: To apply the Rasch measurement model to the development of a clinical tool for
measuring manual (dis) ability (ABILHAND). Design: Manual ability was evaluated in terms …

A hand therapy clinic used a systematic process to select an outcome tool for routine use.
After a literature review of available instruments, the choice had been narrowed to two …

PURPOSE: Current upper limb regional self-report outcome measures are criticized for poor
clinical utility, including length, ease, and time to complete and score, missing responses …