ArmA
The ArmA is a measure of difficulty in passive and active function for application following focal therapy intervention and in particular for spasticity interventions, both physical and with botulinum toxin injection. The active and passive sub-scales of the tool are treated as separate constructs, but nevertheless have a relationship and are both important in the achievement of clinically relevant goals. The ArmA is likely to have utility in practice for evaluation of spasticity intervention (often for passive function) and possibly other focal interventions such as task practice training for active function improvement.
Publications
Ashford S, Alexandrescu R & Siegert RJ., The Arm Activity measure (ArmA) passive function sub-scale conjoint measurement and ordinal scaling, Clinical Rehabilitation 2016;30, 714-718
Ashford S, Siegert RJ & Alexandrescu R., Rasch measurement: The Arm Activity Measure (ArmA) passive function sub-scale, Disability and Rehabilitation 2015
Ashford S, Slade M, Nair A, Turner-Stokes L & Ashford S., Arm Activity measure (ArmA) application for recording functional gain following focal spasticity treatment, International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 2015; 21(1), 10-17