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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