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The assessment of children with upper extremity (UE) impairments is a process that involves the use of diagnostic testing, standardized observation, performance measures, and patient-reported outcome (PRO) instruments. Purposes for assessment include screening and obtaining diagnoses, benchmarking and reimbursement, goal setting and prioritization of treatment goals, longitudinal monitoring, building evidence in support of treatment, and evaluating and comparing outcomes of routine care. This chapter provides a description of criterion and norm-referenced instruments, describes psychometric properties associated with outcome instruments, provides an overview of research literature on outcome instruments that have particular relevance to the pediatric UE and are reported on repeatedly in research literature, and discusses computer adaptive testing (CAT) as an emerging measurement technology.

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