QUEST Scores Revealed...

Yesterday we received our follow up report from Summer’s QUEST assessment that was completed the week after her cast was removed.

I am pleased to say that the assessment concluded that:

The CIT (casting period) resulted in increased use of her right arm and hand.

Summer demonstrated improvements in all four areas evaluated on the QUEST: Dissociated Movements, Grasps, Weight Bearing and Protective Extension.

The most significant gain in her score was in Grasps and Dissociated Movements.

The assessment also identified that Summer continues to have limitations in her right shoulder external rotation and right forearm supination.


I am relieved that the assessment showed what we continue to see - that Summer made some subtle and some significant gains.

The other day, Summer was ‘playing with her fingers’. She has very loose tendons/muscles in her pointer/index finger of her right hand. She can basically bend it in very unnatural ways. To be honest, it is quite gross… but it does give me an appreciation of why she may find it difficult to pincer grasp with the traditional thumb and index finger.

The next QUEST will be completed in the 3rd week of June (6 weeks after cast removal).