title: The Jebsen Taylor Test of Hand Function: A Pilot Test-Retest Reliability Study in Typically Developing Children.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this pilot study was to evaluate reproducibility of the Jebsen Taylor Test of Hand Function (JTTHF) in children.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eighty-seven typically developing children 5 to 10 years old were included from five Outside School Hours Care centers in the Greater Brisbane Region, Australia. Hand function was assessed on two occasions with a modified JTTHF, then reproducibility was assessed using Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC [3,1]) and the Standard Error of Measurement (SEM).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Total scores for male and female children were not significantly different. Five-year-old children were significantly different to all other age groups and were excluded from further analysis. Results for 71 children, 6 to 10 years old were analyzed (mean age 8.31 years (SD 1.32); 33 males). Test-retest reliability for total scores on the dominant and nondominant hands were ICC 0.74 (95% CI 0.61, 0.83) and ICC 0.72 (95% CI 0.59, 0.82), respectively. 'Writing' and 'Simulated Feeding' subtests demonstrated poor reproducibility. The Smallest Real Difference was 5.09 seconds for total score on the dominant hand.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Findings indicate good test-retest reliability for the JTTHF total score to measure hand function in typically developing children aged 6 to 10 years.
authors.affiliation: a School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences , The University of Queensland , Brisbane , Australia.|b Queensland Cerebral Palsy and Rehabilitation Research Centre , School of Medicine, The University of Queensland , Brisbane , Australia.
authors.forename: Sarah Elizabeth
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Reedman
authors.affiliation: a School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences , The University of Queensland , Brisbane , Australia.
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Beagley
authors.affiliation: b Queensland Cerebral Palsy and Rehabilitation Research Centre , School of Medicine, The University of Queensland , Brisbane , Australia.
authors.forename: Leanne
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sakzewski
authors.affiliation: b Queensland Cerebral Palsy and Rehabilitation Research Centre , School of Medicine, The University of Queensland , Brisbane , Australia.
authors.forename: Roslyn N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Boyd
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010865:Pilot Projects; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
keywords: Agreement; JTTHF; dexterity; outcome measures; reliability; typically developing children