Glossary of Acronyms

AACPDM – American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine

CIMT – Constraint Induced Movement Therapy – constraining good arm to force use of involved

arm

BMIT – Bimanual Intensive Treatment/Therapy – focus on 2 handed activities to solidify gains of

CIMT

LEIMT - Lower Extremity Intensive Movement Training

UEIMT – Upper Extremity Intensive Movement Training

MACS - Manual Ability Classification System, 5 point rating scale of hand function

SHUEE – Shriners Hospital Upper Extremity, free from Shriners upon request, research tool

AHA – Assisting Hand Assessment from Sweden, requires video coding, certification

QUEST – Quality of Upper Extremity Skills Test – assesses function of single UE

PEDI – Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory; adaptive skills assessment for those with

disability, get modification and caregiver assistance scores

COPM – Canadian Occupational Performance Measure – goal setting and progress evaluation

tool, rates not only skills but importance and satisfaction with outcome

GAS – Goal Attainment Scale – goal setting and progress assessment tool

HEP - Home Exercise Program

Spasticity Intensity Spasticity Impairment

SHUEE Activities – Contact Shriners Hospital for all the forms and training materials

One means of scoring – assisting hand use

Second Scoring – Dynamic Positional Analysis – motor plattern seen

Box & Blocks Test

• Timed test – 1 min per side

• Move as many blocks as you can with one hand, 2 blocks at time=1 block

• Dominant first, then non-dominant, affected

• Make your own – 2 boxes about 10x20”, divider 6” tall

• Norms available online for both kids and adults

AJOT pediatric norms

MACS – Manual Ability Classification System

http://www.macs.nu/