%0 Journal Article %T Evaluation of the Capabilities of Upper Extremity Test (CUE-T) in Children With Tetraplegia %A Christina Calhoun Thielen %A Cristina Sadowsky %A Heather B. Taylor %A Jackie Bultman %A John Gaughan %A Kathryn Dent %A Loren Davidson %A MJ Mulcahey %A Namrata Grampurohit %A Ralph J. Marino %J Archive of "Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation". %D 2018 %R 10.1310/sci2403-239 %X Background: The Capabilities of Upper Extremity Test (CUE-T) is a spinal cord injury (SCI)¨Cspecific instrument based on the CUE Questionnaire (CUE-Q). Objective: To evaluate the psychometric properties of CUE-T in children with cervical SCI and determine the lowest age appropriate for test administration. Method: In this repeated measures multicenter study, 39 youths, mean age 12.3 years and mean time post injury 5.14 years, completed two administrations of the CUE-T. Test-retest reliability, internal consistency, and known groups validity were measured. Concurrent and discriminant validity were measured against previously validated measures: CUE-Q, Graded Redefined Assessment of Strength, Sensibility and Prehension (GRASSP), Spinal Cord Independence Measure (SCIM) III, SCIM III-Self Care (SCIM-SC), and SCIM-Mobility. Results: The CUE-T scores demonstrated strong test-retest reliability (ICC ¡Ý 0.95), strong internal consistency (¦Á ¡Ý 0.90), and acceptable individual item agreement (¦Ê ¡Ý 0.49). The hand subscale had better scores (p < .05) for the motor incomplete versus complete known groups, and the arm, hand, and side subscales had better scores (p < .05) for higher versus lower strength groups. The CUE-T had strong concurrent validity with the CUE-Q (r = 0.85¨C0.87), GRASSP (r = 0.78¨C0.90), and SCIM-SC (r = 0.70) and moderate-to-weak correlation with the total SCIM (r = 0.65) and SCIM-Mobility (r = 0.51). Children older than 6 years with mature grasp patterns were able to complete the CUE-T. Conclusion: The CUE-T scores are reliable and valid for use in children with cervical SCI older than 6 years of age %K Capabilities of Upper Extremity Test %K pediatric %K spinal cord injury %K upper extremity %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6037325/