title: Development and validation of a novel questionnaire for self-determination of the range of motion of wrist and elbow
creator: Schnetzke, Marc
creator: Schüler, Svenja
creator: Keil, Holger
creator: Aytac, Sara
creator: Studier-Fischer, Stefan
creator: Grützner, Paul-Alfred
creator: Gühring, Thorsten
subject: ddc-610
subject: 610 Medical sciences Medicine
description: Background: The aim of this study was to develop and validate a novel self-administered questionnaire for assessing the patient’s own range of motion (ROM) of the wrist and the elbow.   Methods: In a prospective clinical study from January 2015 to June 2015, 101 consecutive patients were evaluated with a novel, self-administered, diagram-based, wrist motion assessment score (W-MAS) and elbow motion assessment score (E-MAS). The questionnaire was statistically evaluated for test-retest reliability, patient-physician agreement, comparison with healthy population, and influence of covariates (age, gender, affected side and involvement in workers’ compensation cases).   Results: Assessment of patient-physician agreement demonstrated almost perfect agreement (k > 0.80) with regard to six out of eight items. There was substantial agreement with regard to two items: elbow extension (k = 0.76) and pronation (k = 0.75). The assessment of the test-retest reliability revealed at least substantial agreement (k = 0.70). The questionnaire revealed a high discriminative power when comparing the healthy population with the study group (p = 0.007 or lower for every item). Age, gender, affected side and involvement in workers’ compensation cases did not in general significantly influence the patient-physician agreement for the questionnaire.   Conclusion: The W-MAS and E-MAS are valid and reliable self-administered questionnaires that provide a high level of patient-physician agreement for the assessments of wrist and elbow ROM.  Level of evidence: Diagnostic study, Level II
publisher: BioMed Central
date: 2016
type: Article
type: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
type: NonPeerReviewed
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identifier: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserverhttps://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/21636/1/12891_2016_Article_1171.pdf
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identifier: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-216361
identifier:   Schnetzke, Marc ; Schüler, Svenja ; Keil, Holger ; Aytac, Sara ; Studier-Fischer, Stefan ; Grützner, Paul-Alfred ; Gühring, Thorsten  (2016) Development and validation of a novel questionnaire for self-determination of the range of motion of wrist and elbow.  BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 17 (312).  pp. 1-9.  ISSN 1471-2474     
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language: eng