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Melbourne Assessment 2

  • The Melbourne Assessment 2 (MA2): a test of quality of unilateral upper limb function

    Is a criterion-referenced test for children aged 2.5 to 15 years with neurological impairments providing measurement of four elements of upper limb movement quality: range of movement, accuracy, dexterity and fluency.

    The MA2 comprises 14 test items and 30 score items scaled using Rasch analysis.

    Purchase of the MA2 includes:

      1. A single site license to access on-line administration and scoring guidelines, score sheet and web-based training program
      2. The test kit

          Please use Google Chrome to access the Melbourne Assessment 2 website and read about this tool and how to order.