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Table 3 Categories of tests and sensors used in the selected articles

From: Upper extremity asymmetry due to nerve injuries or central neurologic conditions: a scoping review

Categories

Tests and sensors used in the articles

Instances

Type of test

Articles

Activity Monitoring (ActM)

Triaxial Accelerometry

14

Objective

[174, 175, 180, 201, 213, 222, 223, 229, 240, 250, 254, 269, 273, 276, 281]

Uniaxial Accelerometry

9

Objective

[179, 233, 234, 238, 251, 252, 270, 277, 278]

Upper Limb Activity Monitor (Accelerometry)

1

Objective

[233]

Amount of Use Tests (AoUT)

Actual amount of use test

1

Subjective

[278]

Motor Activity Log

7

Subjective

[214, 232, 237, 251, 254, 278, 281]

Disability Measures (DM)

Arm Motor Ability Test

1

Mixed

[230, 270]

Disabilities of Arm, Shoulder, and Hand

2

Subjective

[174, 214]

Expanded Disability Status Scale

2

Subjective

[202, 203]

Fugl-Meyer Assessment

14

Objective

[230, 234, 237, 242, 249, 250, 254, 258, 259, 265, 267, 268, 271, 279]

Functional Independence Test

1

Subjective

[252]

modified Rankin Scale

1

Subjective

[269]

Fine and Gross Motor Tests (FGMT)

Bruininks–Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency

1

Mixed

[179]

custom reaching task

3

Objective

[191, 205, 214]

Distractor test

1

Objective

[227]

Jebsen–Taylor Test of Hand Function

6

Objective

[177, 179, 186, 214, 218, 259]

Fine Motor Tests (FMT)

Action Reaction Arm Test

6

Objective

[222, 223, 248, 251, 252, 262]

Computerized Peg Moving Test

1

Objective

[176]

Aiming-Tapping Task

1

Objective

[183]

Melbourne Assessment

2

Subjective

[180, 238]

Nine-Hole Peg Test

9

Objective

[201, 203, 204, 221, 232, 240, 262, 263, 274]

Grooved Pegboard Test

1

Objective

[259]

Wolf Motor Function Test

6

Mixed

[249,250,251,252, 279, 281]

Gross Motor Tests (GMT)

Assisting Hand Assessment

7

Subjective

[175, 177,178,179, 181, 184, 238]

Box and Block test

9

Objective

[194, 201, 221, 224, 232, 238, 241, 242, 274]

Caregiver Functional Use Survey

1

Subjective

[179]

Custom coordination tests

8

Objective

[181, 182, 187, 189, 199, 255, 261]

Manual Ability Classification System

2

Subjective

[175, 184]

Handedness Tests (HT)

Edinburgh handedness inventory

5

Subjective

[175, 231, 234, 265, 267]

Kinematics Tests (KT)

Electrogoniometer

6

Objective

[190, 204, 212, 233, 236, 275]

Electromagnetic Motion Tracking

10

Objective

[173, 187, 195, 228, 247, 248, 263, 273, 274, 282

Inertial Measurement Unit

4

Objective

[173, 187, 210, 232]

Optical Motion Capture

17

Objective

[18, 178, 182, 186, 188, 192, 196,197,198, 206, 209, 216,217,218, 235, 264, 266]

Motion Reflex Test (MRT)

modified Traffic Light paradigm

1

Objective

[219]

Myography (MG)

Electromyography

11

Objective

[186, 200, 202, 213, 217, 218, 230, 231, 239, 275, 282]

Mechanomyography

2

Objective

[211, 239]

 

36 item Short Form survey

1

Subjective

[174]

Quality of Life Surveys (QOL)

World Health Organization Quality of Life

1

Subjective

[174]

Stroke Impact Scale

3

Subjective

[254, 278, 281]

Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale

4

Subjective

[208] [210] [211] [212]

Spasticity Tests (ST)

Modified Ashworth Scale

8

Subjective

[190, 230, 237, 249, 258, 265, 271, 274]

Strength Measures (SM)

Force Transducer based tests

33

Objective

[186, 193,194,195, 202, 207, 220, 221, 236, 237, 239, 242,243,244, 247, 249, 251,252,253, 256,257,258,259,260, 263,264,265, 267, 268, 274, 282]

Graded redefined assessment of strength, sensibility and prehension

1

Mixed

[215]

Motricity Index

2

Mixed

[202, 276]