Development and psychometric testing of the bimanual assessment measure for people with chronic stroke

Assessments DO NOTHING to get survivors recovered.  Will you please just create protocols that deliver recovery? That is what survivors want, not this useless assessment crapola!

 Development and psychometric testing of the bimanual assessment measure for people with chronic stroke

American Journal of Occupational Therapy (AJOT) , Volume 76(4) , Pgs. 7604205030.

NARIC Accession Number: J89981.  What's this?
ISSN: 0272-9490.
Author(s): Johnson, Brian P.; Whitall, Jill; Waller, Sandy M.; Westlake, Kelly P..
Publication Year: 2022.
Number of Pages: 8.
Abstract: 

Study developed and tested the reliability and validity of the Bimanual Assessment Measure (BAM), which assesses hand coordination in people with chronic stroke. Items were selected as meaningful tasks that represented a range of bimanual coordination requirements (e.g., symmetrical forces and timing, asymmetrical forces and timing, time-limited reactive movement). Focus groups of people with stroke and occupational therapists provided input into BAM development. The BAM was found to have excellent reliability and internal consistency and face and known-groups validity. The BAM is a valid, reliable measure for people with chronic stroke that identifies bimanual coordination deficits beyond unimanual impairments and the potential capacity for people to return to pre-stroke hand roles(Well where the fuck are the protocols that deliver that result?) (i.e., as a manipulator).
Descriptor Terms: DEXTERITY, MEASUREMENTS, MOTOR SKILLS, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, OUTCOMES, PERFORMANCE STANDARDS, STROKE.


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Citation: Johnson, Brian P., Whitall, Jill, Waller, Sandy M., Westlake, Kelly P.. (2022). Development and psychometric testing of the bimanual assessment measure for people with chronic stroke.  American Journal of Occupational Therapy (AJOT) , 76(4), Pgs. 7604205030. Retrieved 10/25/2022, from REHABDATA database.