Box and Block Test
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Objective
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The Box and Block Test is an objective measure of assessing unilateral gross manual dexterity
Intended Population
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Those with a range of neurological diagnoses including:
- Stroke
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
- Neuromuscular Disorders
- Geriatric
- Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)
- Fibromyalgia
Method of Use[edit | edit source]
Equipment Required:
- Stopwatch
- Wooden box dimensioned in 53.7 cm x 25.4 cm x 8.5 cm
- Partition (should be placed at the middle of the box, dividing it in two containers of 25.4 cm each)
- 150 wooden cubes (2.5 cm in size)
Set-Up:
- A test box with 150 blocks and a partition in the middle is placed lengthwise along the edge of a standard-height table
- The patient should be seated on a standard height chair facing the box 150 blocks should be in the compartment of the test box on the side of the patient’s dominant hand
- The examiner should face the patient so she or he could view the blocks being transported
Description:
The patient is allowed a 15-second trial period prior to testing
- Individuals are seated at a table, facing a rectangular box that is divided into two square compartments of equal dimension by means of a partition.
- One hundred and fifty, 2.5 cm, colored, wooden cubes or blocks are placed in one compartment or the other.
- The individual is instructed to move as many blocks as possible, one at a time, from one compartment to the other for a period of 60 seconds.
- Standardized dimensions for the test materials and procedures for test administration and scoring have been provided by Mathiowetz et al, 1985.
- To administer the test, the examiner is seated opposite the individual in order to observe test performance.
- The BBT is scored by counting the number of blocks carried over the partition from one compartment to the other during the one-minute trial period.
- Patient’s hand must cross over the partition in order for a point to be given, and blocks that drop or bounce out of the second compartment onto the floor are still rewarded with a point.
- Multiple blocks carried over at the same time count as a single point.
- Higher scores on the test indicate better gross manual dexterity
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