Motor Skills Assessments

Question 1

Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency

Answer 1

• adequate internal consistency reliability, test-retest reliability, and interrater reliability
• established validity pertaining to content, internal structure, clinical groups, and relationships to other measures such as the Peabody Developmental Motor Scale
• can be used with clinical groups with developmental coordination disorder, mild to moderate mental retardation, or autism spectrum disorder

Question 2

Brake Reaction Timer

Answer 2

• measures time required to move foot from the accelerator to the brake in response to a stimulus such as a red light
• options available to expand test to complex or choice reaction time in responding to multiple stimuli

Question 3

Finger-to-Nose and Toe-Tap Tests

Answer 3

• timed motor coordination tests for the upper and lower extremities
• used to detect dysmetria and coordination problems

Question 4

Get Up and Go (GUG) / Timed Up and Go (TUG)

Answer 4

• timed performance of getting up from a chair, walking 10 feet, turning around, and walking back to sit down again
• an indicator of fall risk
• the TUG was derived from the GUG which is an observational rating of fall risk using a score ranging from 1-5

Question 5

Rapid Pace Walk

Answer 5

• timed clinical test
• clients must walk 10 feet up and 10 feet back as fast as they feel safe and comfortable
• a measure of postural instability and gait disturbance

Question 6

ROM and Strength

Answer 6

-gross ROM and strength assessed for the neck, trunk, UEs, and LEs

Question 7

Beery-Buktenica Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration

Answer 7

• tests visual motor integration

- has established validity for chronological age, visual perceptual tests, and academic outcomes