The Upper Limb Performance Assessment
Melbourne, Victoria – William Angliss Institute
18 August, 2023
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ZiMei Upper Limb Performance Assessment
DESCRIPTION: The Upper Limb Performance Assessment is an ecologically valid, criterion-referenced, two-stage assessment of upper limb contributions to task performance (Ranka, & Chapparo, 2011). It can be used with any client who demonstrates difficulties with any aspect of reach, grasp and release regardless of cause. Stage One, Task Performance Mastery (TPM), is used to analyze and assess the degree to which a person can perform the action steps of any needed or desired task in context. Errors are identified using a specific classification system. Steps performed without error are used to calculate a performance mastery percentage score. Stage Two, the Comparative Analysis of Performance –Motor (CAP-M), is used to identify specific movement disorders that contribute to errors identified in Stage One. Stage Two uses a comparative analysis method of observation. The symptoms identified through the CAP-M are used to select and apply impairment-focused interventions, and to embed these interventions within task oriented therapy programs that aims to improve arm and hand use. The ability of the ULPA to measure subtle, incremental changes in performance of client specific tasks has been demonstrated.
OBJECTIVES:
1. Describe elements of the ULPA and understand its psychometric properties.
2. Compare and contrast the ULPA with other assessments of the upper limb function (eg. MAS, ARAT, GAS).
3. Assess and score upper limb use from videotaped client examples using Part One.
4. Assess and score excessive and missing actions contributing to problems with arm and hand use from videotaped client examples using Part Two.
5. Use findings from the ULPA to write specific, measurable mastery and strategy application goals, discuss implications for intervention, and calculate and graph outcomes.
AUDIENCE: Qualified Occupational Therapists
Presenter: Dr Judy Ranka