Publications about the AHA

Krumlinde-Sundholm L., Eliasson A-C. (2003) Development of the Assisting Hand Assessment, a Rasch-built measure intended for children with unilateral upper limb impairments. Scand J Occup Ther 10: 16-26.

Holmefur M, Krumlinde-Sundholm L, Eliasson A-C (2007) Interrater and Intrarater Reliability of the Assisting Hand Assessment. American Journal of Occupational Therapy 61: 79-84.

Krumlinde-Sundholm L, Holmefur M, Kottorp A & Eliasson A-C (2007) The Assisting Hand Assessment: Current evidence of validity, reliability and responsiveness to change. Dev Med Child Neur 49: 259-264.

Gordon A (2007) Measuring 'activity limitation' in individuals with unilateral upper extremity impairments (commentary). Dev Med Child Neur 49: 245-245 245.

Holmefur M, Aarts P, Hoare B, Krumlinde-Sundholm L (2009) Test-retest and alternate forms reliability of the Assisting Hand Assessment. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine 41: 886-891. Available in full-text from jrm.medicaljournals.se. Full text PDF

Recommendation to use the AHA

Fehlings D, Novak I, Berweck S, Hoare B, Stott NS, Russo RN. (2010) Botulinum toxin assessment, intervention and follow-up for paediatric upper limb hypertonicity: international consensus statement. Eur J Neurol 17, Suppl 2: 38-56.

Publications where the AHA was used or reviewed