TY  - JOUR
AV  - public
TI  - Development and validation of a novel questionnaire for self-determination of the range of motion of wrist and elbow
ID  - heidok21636
VL  - 17
UR  - https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/21636/
SN  - 1471-2474
JF  - BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
A1  - Schnetzke, Marc
A1  - Schüler, Svenja
A1  - Keil, Holger
A1  - Aytac, Sara
A1  - Studier-Fischer, Stefan
A1  - Grützner, Paul-Alfred
A1  - Gühring, Thorsten
N2  - 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
SP  - 1
CY  - London
IS  - 312
EP  - 9
PB  - BioMed Central
Y1  - 2016///
ER  -