Wolf Motor Function Test Scoring

Pdf the wolf motor function test wmft is an impairment based test whose psychometrics have been examined by previous reliability and validity studies.
Wolf motor function test scoring. Wolf motor function test tasks 1 to 6 of the wmft 1 see general description of the wmft in the appendix involve timed joint segment movements and tasks 7 to 15 consisted of timed integrative functional movements. Only primary examiners were used in analyses except for the reliability tests. Assessing wolf motor function test as outcome measure for research in patients after stroke. The wolf motor function test wmft quantifies upper extremity ue motor ability through timed and functional tasks wolf catlin ellis archer morgan piacentino 1995.
For all analyses the criterion a level was. The wolf motor function test wmft is used regularly in research environments to measure outcomes of constraint induced movement therapy 101323 26 and other task practice interventions such as robot assisted therapy 11 bilateral arm training 27 and electrical stimulationassisted task practice. Tests or interventions presented in strokengine assessment. Standards for evaluating whether a given.
Wolf motor function test wmft constraint induced movement therapy research group university of alabama at birmingham task instructions and descriptions with comments this test was designed to assess the motor ability of patients with moderate to severe upper extremity motor deficits in the laboratory and clinic. Participants wearing long sleeves should roll the sleeve up on the arm to be tested before beginning. 28 the wmft was designed to examine voluntary ue movement through a series of tasks that follow a proposed difficulty order. 132326 items were selected to represent common functional and.
The wmft and fma total scores for the most affected poststroke limb were related by using the spearman rank correlation coefficient. The wmft has been posited as instructive for assessing the motor status of higher functioning chronic patients with stroke and traumatic brain injury in terms of severity and upper extremity motor deficiency. The wolf motor function test wmft quantifies upper extremity ue motor ability through timed and functional tasks wolf catlin ellis archer morgan piacentino 1995. Wolf motor function test wmft purpose of the measure.
11 wolf sl catlin pa ellis m archer al morgan b piacentino a. The wolf motor function test wmft quantifies upper. Psychometric properties of a modified wolf motor function test for people with mild and moderate upper extremity hemiparesis arch phys med rehabil.