FINGER DEXTRITY ASSESSMENT

The control and precision of your fingers. Being "Good with your hands" such as drawing, sculpting, and working with small parts.

Test manipulative dexterity of right & left hand, individually & simultaneously.

Measures dexterity in activities involving gross movements of fingers hand & arm; also measures efficiency in activities involving primarily "tip of the finger" dexterity.

Specialized test requires using tweezers to place pins in holes requires precision, steadiness, and a high degree of eye-hand coordination.

Equipment:

Ø  Laminated board has 100 holes to place in pegs & covered recess to store parts.

Ø  Tweezer S.S.Plain pins S.S.Screws, washers and nuts.

PURDUE PEGBOARD

The pegboard has been used extensively to measure dexterity for 2 types of activity:

1)     Gross movements of hands, fingers and arms

2)     Fingertip dexterity

Complete with pins, collars and washers and examiner’s manual with norms.

LAFAYETTE PEGBOARD

Designed to measure a timed unilateral motor response.

Subject places 25 pegs in round holes as quickly as possible across the rows. Scores should improve with successive trials.

GROOVED PEGBOARD

A manipulative dexterity test consisting of 25 holes with randomly positioned slots. Pegs with a “key” along one side must be rotated to match hole before they can be inserted.

Requires more complex visual-motor coordination than most pegboards.

O'CONNOR FINGER DEXTERITY TEST

The finger test requires hand placement of three pins per hole. It has been successfully used as a predictor for skills involving rapid manipulation of small objects.

A high score indicates a manual aptitude for work involving precision. Board has 100 holes. Test examiner manual included.

MINNESOTA MANUAL DEXTERITY TEST

Manual dexterity test measures capability for simple but rapid eye-hand-finger movement.

Comes complete with carrying case, record blanks and norms.

OTHER TEST

It is assessed by allowing a maximum of 3 minutes to button up 3 shirt buttons.

NOTE: PURDUE SIGN BOARD

Purdue board – It consists of keys & sockets

          The subject must place correct key in appropriate socket.