Balance Relationships Between the Multi-Directional Reach Test and Upper Body Dressing

Date Presented 04/01/2022 The Multi-Directional Reach Test’s (MDRT’s) limits of stability when reaching to the right (i.e., cm) statistically correlated with shirt dressing time (doff time rs = -.320, p = .023; total dressing time rs = -.340, p = .016). Center of pressure excursion during the MDRT and shirt dressing were very strongly correlated anteroposteriorly and mediolaterally (rs = .923-.991, p < .001). Time-based dressing tasks may be a robust indicator of balance for OT use but require further investigation. Primary Author and Speaker: Carol Getz Rice Additional Authors and Speakers: Kayla Michaels, Urvi Patel, Cassandra Stahl