The effective evaluation and management of orthopaedic conditions including shoulder
disorders relies upon understanding the level of disability created by the disease process …

A number of instruments have been developed to measure the quality of life in patients with
various conditions of the shoulder. Older instruments appear to have been developed at a …

General health as well as disease-or condition-specific outcome measures have long been
used to assess patients with shoulder conditions. Currently, a variety of validated measures …

Study Design A test-retest design was used to evaluate the reliability of the self-report
sections of 4 shoulder pain and disability scales. Objective The objective of the study was to …

Background The aim of this study was to perform a standardized and systematic evaluation
of the available evidence on multi-item shoulder-specific patient-reported outcome …

Background Various shoulder outcome instruments have been used despite lack of
information on their measurement properties; reliability, responsiveness, and validity; and …

Objective To explore the physiometric and psychometric properties of clinical, generic, and
conditionspecific assessment instruments. To describe patients' outcome after total …

Objective Patient-reported outcome scales determine response to treatment. The minimal
clinically important difference of these scales is a measure of responsiveness: the smallest …

To investigate shoulder scoring systems used in Europe and North America and how
outcomes might be classified after shoulder joint replacement. All research papers …

The purpose of this study was to determine the correlation between the Single Assessment
Numeric Evaluation method and the Rowe and American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons …