title: Evaluation of health-related quality of life in patients with shoulder pain: are we doing the best we can?
abstract: This article provides an understanding of patient-based shoulder outcome tools and the conceptual framework of disablement models from which the patient-based outcome tools are based. To allow for the evaluation of function, disability, and health-related quality of life in patients suffering from shoulder pain and in particular those whose shoulders have high physical demands, the use of shoulder self-report patient-oriented outcome tools must become standard of practice. A wide variety of available outcome tools demonstrate acceptable levels of measurement properties and are appropriate for virtually every patient with a shoulder disorder.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Therapy, Virginia Commonwealth University, Medical College of Virginia Campus, P.O. Box 980224, Rm 100, 12(th) and Broad Streets, Richmond, VA 23298, USA. lamichen@vcu.edu
authors.forename: Lori A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Michener
authors.forename: Alison R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Snyder
mesh_terms: D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006801:Humans; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000379:methods; D011788:Quality of Life; D020069:Shoulder Pain / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*