Outcome Measure Development

Outcome Measure Development

Dr. Eng has developed new outcome measures for neurological rehabilitation. For example, the Rating of Everyday Arm-use in the Community and Home (REACH) Scale is a self-report measure for individuals with stroke that captures how well the affected arm and hand is being used outside of the clinical setting, which is the ultimate goal of rehabilitation. This is a quick 5-minute reliable and valid measure with a clinically meaningful change of 1 point. The development of REACH was led by Dr. Lisa Simpson as part of her thesis.

The Arm Capacity and Movement Test (ArmCAM) was developed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. ArmCAM is a remotely administered upper extremity function test and has excellent test retest reliability and strong correlations with the Fugl-Meyer Upper Extremity Test and Stroke Impact Scale (hand domain). The ArmCAM development was led by Dr. Chieh-ling Yang during her postdoctoral studies.

The Six Minute Arm Test (6-MAT) is a submaximal arm ergometry test for spinal cord injury that is reliable and valid when compared to a standard peak oxygen consumption test (VO2peak). 6-MAT was led by Ms. Adrienne Hol as part of her Masters thesis.