OF DIPLOMA THESIS Author: Bc. Kateřina Hodboďová Supervisor: Mgr. Anna Krulová Title: Clinical utility of the QUEST test in occupational therapy for evaluation of the upper extremities function in children with cerebral palsy Subtitle: QUEST - Quality of Upper Extremity Skills Test This diploma thesis engages in description of the QUEST (Quality of Upper Extremity Skills Test) test and its practical contribution to the practice of occupational therapy. The main aim of the thesis is to demonstrate the utility of the QUEST test as an evaluation of functional capabilities of upper extremities in children with cerebral palsy in Czech occupational therapy practice. The theoretical part provides basic information about cerebral palsy in children, about the possibilities of intervention in occupational therapy focussed on upper extremities, about the importance of assessment in occupational therapy, with an emphasis on the use of standardized evaluation tools in occupational therapy. Big part is also devoted to the characteristics of the foreign test QUEST. It includes information about the origin of the test, psychometric properties and normative data. Furhtermore, the description of the test items, the method of administration and evaluation, as an interpretation of the results are included. The...
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:368749 |
| Date | January 2017 |
| Creators | Hodboďová, Kateřina |
| Contributors | Krulová, Anna, Krivošíková, Mária |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Czech |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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