title: [Application of descriptive scale to the assessment of post-traumatic hand function limitation].
abstract: Hand Injury Impairment Scale (HIIS) serving to assess hand post-traumatic limitation was described on the basis of Injury Impairment Scale (IIS). HIIS was used to estimate long-term follow-up of 1073 patients treated in the II Department of Surgery of the Jagiellonian University between 1987-2001. Correlation (p < 0.001) was proved between hand injury severity, value of HIIS, grade of persistent disability and the assessment of hands' usefulness in performing daily activities on the basis of Hand Disability Score (HDS) questionnaire described above. The HIIS can be used for general estimation of hand post-traumatic impairment.
authors.affiliation: II Katedra Chirurgii, Collegium Medicum, Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego w Krakowie.
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Trybus
authors.forename: Jacek
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lorkowski
authors.forename: Leszek
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Brongel
authors.forename: Waldemar
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hładki
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Budzyński
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000592:standards; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D015599:Trauma Severity Indices