Box and Block Test Kit Features
- Portable test for hand skills
- Measures how well someone can use their hands for big movements
- Box and block test kit helps check if there are problems with thinking or hand injuries
- Easy and quick to do
- Latex free
- Tests are quick and easy to administer
Who Can Use Box and Block Test
Those with a range of neurological diagnoses including:
- Stroke
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
- Neuromuscular Disorders
- Geriatric
- Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)
- Fibromyalgia
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How to Set Up Box and Blocks
- A box and block test kit with 150 blocks and a partition in the middle is placed lengthwise along the edge of a standard-height table
- The patient should be seated on a standard-height chair facing the box
- 150 blocks should be in the compartment of the test box on the side of the patient’s dominant hand
- The examiner should face the patient so she or he can view the blocks being transported
How to Use Box and Block Kit
- The patient is allowed a 15-second trial period prior to testing
- Immediately before testing begins, the patient should place his/her hands on the sides of the box
- When testing begins, the patient should grasp one block at a time with the dominant hand, transport the block over the partition, and release it into the opposite compartment
- The patient should continue doing this for one minute
- The procedure should then be repeated with the non-dominant hand
- After testing, the examiner should count the blocks
- If a patient transports two or more blocks at the same time, this should be noted and the number subtracted from the total
- No penalty should be made if the subjects transported any blocks across the partition and the blocks bounced from the box to the floor or table
Scoring
In the test, you get points by counting how many blocks you can move from one side to the other in 60 seconds. Do this for each hand separately. The more points you get, the better your hand skills are.
While doing the test, the person keeping the score should watch if your fingertips cross the middle line. Only count the blocks when this happens. If you move two blocks together, count only one. Even if a block falls outside the box after crossing the middle, still count it.
