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Using the Assessment of Motor and Process Skills to measure functional change in adults with severe traumatic brain injury: A pilot study
Author(s) -
Lange Bridget,
Spagnolo Karren,
Fowler Bess
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
australian occupational therapy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.595
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1440-1630
pISSN - 0045-0766
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1630.2007.00698.x
Subject(s) - rehabilitation , physical medicine and rehabilitation , traumatic brain injury , physical therapy , occupational therapy , wilcoxon signed rank test , medicine , activities of daily living , acquired brain injury , psychology , psychiatry , mann–whitney u test
Aim: To measure functional change in 10 adults following severe traumatic brain injury using the Assessment of Motor and Process Skills (AMPS).Methods: This clinical pilot study used a standardised occupational therapy tool, the AMPS, to measure motor and process scores during activities of daily living, for over 3 weeks of inpatient rehabilitation.Results: Wilcoxon signed ranks tests indicate significant improvement in motor and process scores from initial assessment to repeat evaluation ( z = – 2.70 , p = 0.01 ; z = – 2.81 , P = 0.01 , respectively). Conclusions: The AMPS measured statistically and clinically significant change in motor and process abilities over 3 weeks of neurosurgical rehabilitation. Findings suggest that the AMPS is a sensitive measure of functional change for the study sample and timeframe.