Orthopaedic Outcome Scores

Dysplasia with Functional Outcome Scores in Children The Correlation of Specific Orthopaedic Features of Polyostotic Fibrous

Outcome measures for orthopaedic interventions on the hip.

Orthopaedic outcome measures are used to evaluate the effect of operative interventions. They are used for audit and research. Knowledge of these measures is becoming increasingly important with league tables comparing surgeons and hospitals being made accessible to the profession and the general public. Several types of tool are available to describe outcome after hip surgery such as generic q...

The Adaptation and Experience of Four Shoulder Patient–Centered Outcome Scores

Objective: The aim of this study was to achieve a reliable tool for measuring health related quality of life among Iranians with shoulder pain and disability. Materials & Methods: Through a non-experimental methodology study, four shoulder patient-centered outcome scores were translated and adapted culturally to Persian language. A total of 126 male and female patients with shoulder pain and...

Japanese Orthopaedic Association Cervical Myelopathy Evaluation Questionnaire (JOACMEQ): part 4. Establishment of equations for severity scores

BACKGROUND To establish a patient-oriented outcome measure for cervical myelopathy, a subcommittee of the Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA) developed a new scoring system to evaluate the overall clinical status of patients, which could be completed by patients themselves. The subcommittee completed three large-scale studies to select and modify questions derived from various preexisting ou...

Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic overhead athlete scores in asymptomatic professional baseball pitchers.

BACKGROUND The Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic (KJOC) Shoulder and Elbow score is a subjective questionnaire that has been validated and been shown to be more specific in overhead athletes than the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons scale. The purpose of this study was to determine a mean KJOC score and reasonable range of KJOC scores within which a healthy asymptomatic professional baseball p...