Development and Psychometric Testing of the Bimanual Assessment Measure for People With Chronic Stroke.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Few tools are available to assess bimanual deficits after stroke.

Objective

To develop the Bimanual Assessment Measure (BAM), which assesses a person's hand coordination in both preferred and prestroke roles (i.e., stabilizer or manipulator).

Design

Development and psychometric testing of the BAM.

Setting

Research laboratory.

Participants

People with chronic stroke (n = 24), age-matched controls (n = 23), and occupational therapists (n = 40).

Outcomes and measures

We assessed the BAM's internal consistency, reliability, and face and known-groups validity.

Results

Items were selected as meaningful tasks that represented a range of bimanual coordination requirements (e.g., symmetrical forces and timing, asymmetrical forces and timi

SUBMITTER: Johnson BP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9638932 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature