Pilot normative database for the Wolf Motor Function Test.

Abstract

To gather initial data on the Wolf Motor Function Test (WMFT) from able-bodied participants. Cross-sectional cohort study. Clinical research laboratory. A convenience sample of 51 healthy able-bodied, right-hand dominant, adult participants, between the ages of 40 and 79 years. One-time administration of the WMFT. The WMFT. Mean data are presented for all timed and strength tasks. For timed tasks on the WMFT, there were no significant differences among subjects for hand or sex nor was there a hand by sex interaction. Men were significantly stronger than women on the 2 strength tasks, however. We provide preliminary normative data for the WMFT. More data are needed to produce precise estimates of norms and to explore relations among sex, age, and hand dominance.