Targeted box and blocks test: Normative data and comparison to standard tests.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:The Box and Block Test (BBT) is a functional outcome measure that is commonly used across multiple clinical populations due to its benefits of ease and speed of implementation; reliable, objective measurement; and repetition of motion. In this study, we introduce a novel outcome measure called the targeted BBT that allows for the study of initiation, grasping, and transport of objects, and also of object release. These modifications to the existing test may increase the ecological validity of the measure while still retaining the previously stated benefits of the standard BBT. METHODS:19 able-bodied subjects performed the targeted BBT and two other standard tests. Using an integrated movement analysis framework based on motion capture and ground force data, quantitative informat

SUBMITTER: Kontson K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5438168 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature