Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the participants.

From: Measurement properties of the box and block test in children with unilateral cerebral palsy

Characteristic

Value

    

Gender, female/male, n

49/51

    

Age, mo, mean (SD)

102.59 (24.99)

    

MACS, I/II/III, n

32/54/14

    

More affected side, right/left, n

52/48

    

Outcome measures

Pretreatment

Posttreatment

p valuea

Mean (SD)

95% CI

Mean (SD)

95% CI

BBT

24.06 (12.92)

21.50–26.62

25.86 (14.34)

23.01–28.71

0.001

MA2

Range of movement

20.20 (5.15)

19.16–21.23

20.85 (4.77)

19.88–21.81

0.002

Accuracy

21.45 (5.02)

20.43–22.46

22.35 (4.06)

21.53–23.18

 < 0.001

Dexterity

10.06 (3.99)

9.26–10.87

10.62 (3.91)

9.83–11.41

0.002

Fluency

13.95 (3.28)

13.28–14.61

14.70 (3.45)

14.00–15.40

 < 0.001

Subtest 3 of the BOT-2

19.14 (5.57)

18.02–20.27

20.19 (5.65)

19.05–21.32

 < 0.001

PMAL-R

AOU

1.93 (1.12)

1.70–2.16

2.35 (1.18)

2.11–2.59

 < 0.001

QOM

2.28 (1.27)

2.04–2.55

2.63 (1.24)

2.39–2.89

 < 0.001

  1. AOU amount of use, BBT box and block test, BOT-2 Bruininks–Oseretsky test of motor proficiency, 2nd edition, MA2 Melbourne assessment 2, MACS the manual ability classification system, PMAL-R pediatric motor activity log-revised, QOM quality of movement.
  2. aPaired-t test.
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