Measurement scales in clinical research of the upper extremity, part 2: outcome measures in studies of the hand/wrist and shoulder/elbow.
Part 1 of this article outlined the basic characteristics of useful clinical measurement instruments and described scales used to measure general health, pain, and patient satisfaction. Part 2 describes the features of some of the scales most commonly used in clinical research in the hand, wrist, elbow, and shoulder.
American Society for Surgery of the Hand, Chicago, IL, USA.
Marie
M
Badalamente
Laureen
L
Coffelt
John
J
Elfar
Glenn
G
Gaston
Warren
W
Hammert
Jerry
J
Huang
Lisa
L
Lattanza
Joy
J
Macdermid
Greg
G
Merrell
David
D
Netscher
Zubin
Z
Panthaki
Greg
G
Rafijah
Douglas
D
Trczinski
Brent
B
Graham
D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000145:classification; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D004550:Elbow / Q000601:surgery*; D004954:Esthetics; D006225:Hand / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012782:Shoulder / Q000601:surgery*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014953:Wrist / Q000601:surgery*