Upper Extremity Strength Measurement in Children with Cerebral Palsy

23rd January, 2014

24 January 2014, Cerebral Palsy, Newsletter, PT

[Source: Physical Therapy via Your Therapy Source]

Physical Therapy published a systemic review of available instruments to measure upper extremity strength in children with cerebral palsy. The researchers identified 6 different measurement instruments. Two test-retest reliability studies were rated as “fair” for the level of evidence. All other studies were rated as “unknown” for the level of evidence.
The researchers concluded the following:

for measuring grip strength the Jamar® dynamometer is recommended
to measure other muscle groups HHD dynamometry is recommended
manual muscle testing (MMT) can be used in case of limited (below MMT grade 4) wrist strength or for total upper limb muscle strength.

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