Analysis and modification of the Test Evaluant les Membres superieurs des Personnes Agees (TEMPA) for use in an adult hand program.
Published: 2004
Language: eng
Number of pages: 168
Description: Revisions planned include restructuring the writing task, additional scoring changes, and improving the manual to reduce inconsistencies between evaluators. Further reliability and validity studies will then be required.This study evaluated an upper limb functional measure for the elderly and modified it for use with acute hand injuries. Twelve occupational and physiotherapists skilled in hand rehabilitation, analyzed the TEMPA, a performance measure consisting of nine bilateral and unilateral functional tasks. They identified all arm movements, also prehensions, strength, coordination and sensory requirements of the tasks. Making sure to include all essential aspects of function, redundancies were eliminated and the WULFE consisting of three tasks was formulated with revised scoring. Inter-rater and test-retest reliability of the WULFE was evaluated with 35 clients of an adult hand program. Resulting ICCs ranged from 0.20 to 0.98 with nine of 14 values exceeding 0.80. However, ceiling effects in the scores obtained were a concern.
Notes: Adviser: Aileen Davis.

Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Toronto, 2004.

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Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 42-06, page: 2195.

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