Table 1: Summary of Measures Used in Upper-Limb Prosthetic (ULP ...

Table 1: Summary of Measures Used in Upper-Limb Prosthetic (ULP) Outcome Evaluation
Full name of measure
Acronym Target group Area of measurement/type of measure
(arranged alphabetically)
ABILHAND-Kids 49,59 ABILHAND-Kids All diagnoses—pediatrics Ability to perform everyday manual activities (mostly
bimanual): parent-report questionnaire.
Assessment of Capacity of Myoelectric ACMC Prosthetics—adults and
Control 13, 39 pediatrics (myoelectric
users only)
Control of a myoelectric prosthesis/quality of
performance of manual skills: observational test.
Assisting Hand Assessment 43,44 AHA All diagnoses—pediatrics Uses of affected hand along with the noninvolved
hand in bimanual play activities: observational test.
Box and Blocks Test 23 BBT All diagnoses—adults Hand dexterity: observational test.
Canadian Occupational Performance COPM All diagnoses—pediatrics
Measure 57,58 and adults
Self-care, productivity, and leisure ability priorities:
collaborative goal-setting process with therapist.
Children’s Assessment of Participation
and Enjoyment 54 CAPE All diagnoses—pediatrics Dimensions of participation (i.e., diversity, intensity,
where, with whom, enjoyment, and preference),
formal and informal activities (types of activities:
recreational, active physical, social, skill-based, and
self-improvement): parent- or child-report
questionnaire.
Child Amputee Prosthetics Project- CAPP-FSI Prosthetics—pediatrics
Functional Status Inventory 47 (separate versions for
parent and child)
Functional ability (contains upper-limb subsection):
parent and older child self-report questionnaire.
Disabilities of Arm, Shoulder and Hand
Questionnaire 29 DASH All diagnoses—adults Upper-limb-focused functional status (symptoms and
disability): self-report questionnaire.
Goal Attainment Scaling 59,60 GAS All diagnoses—pediatrics
and adults
Any physical, functional, participation, quality of life,
or social goal area priorities: collaborative goal-setting
process with therapist.
Jebsen-Taylor Test of Hand Function 21 JTHF All diagnoses—adults Hand dexterity: observational test.
Patient-Specific Function Scale 33 PSFS All diagnoses—adults Identification of up to five activities that are difficult
to perform: self-report process.
Pediatric Quality of Life Questionnaire 61 PedsQL All diagnoses—pediatrics Health-related quality of life: parent- and older childself-report
questionnaire.
Pediatric Orthopaedic Data Collection
Instrument 53 PODCI All diagnoses—pediatrics Health-related quality of life (ability to participate in
normal daily activities, sports activities, pain, and
overall health): parent- and youth-report questionnaire.
Prosthetic Upper Extremity Functional PUFI Prosthetics—pediatrics Functional ability, independence, ease of performance

Index 40,48
(separate versions for on bimanual activities: parent- and older child-selfreport
parent and child)
questionnaire.
Southampton Hand Assessment Protocol 15 SHAP Prosthetics—adults Unilateral prosthetic hand function: observational test.
Trinity Amputation and Prosthesis TAPES Upper- and lower-limb
Experience Scales 30 prosthetics—adults
Multidimensional health-related quality of life
(psychosocial adjustment, functional abilities,
satisfaction with prosthesis): self-report questionnaire.
Unilateral Below Elbow Test 42 UBET Prosthetics—pediatrics Bimanual task performance (method and completion):
observational test.
Upper Extremity Functional Scale 23 UEFS Prosthetics—adults A subscale from the Orthotic and Prosthetics Users
Survey (OPUS)—functional activities (upper limb,
bilateral): self-report questionnaire.
University of New Brunswick Test 20 UNB Prosthetics—pediatrics Method and spontaneity of prosthetic performance:
observational test.