Trial reportJournal of clinical epidemiology2009
Use of both Short Musculoskeletal Function Assessment questionnaire and Short Form-36 among tibial-fracture patients was redundant.
Trial report in Journal of clinical epidemiology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03421522 (Intercostobrachial Nerve Sparing in Breast Cancer Surgery to Reduce Persistent Post-surgical Pain - an International Randomized Controlled Trial), which is not on this map. Cited by 24 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Intercostobrachial Nerve Sparing in Breast Cancer Surgery to Reduce Persistent Post-surgical Pain - an International Randomized Controlled Trial
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 73 citations in OpenAlex.
- Minimal Clinically Important Difference (MCID) for the Short Musculoskeletal Function Assessment (SMFA) in Severe Lower Extremity Trauma: Pooled Data from 7 Multicenter, Prospective Clinical Trials.The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume · 2024Pooled it
- Anterior knee pain and functional outcome following different surgical techniques for tibial nailing: a systematic review.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2021Pooled it
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- Health status and (health-related) quality of life during the recovery of distal radius fractures: a systematic review.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2013Pooled it
- Intramedullary nailing for tibial shaft fractures in adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2012Pooled it
- Re-evaluation of low intensity pulsed ultrasound in treatment of tibial fractures (TRUST): randomized clinical trial.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2016Trial
- Reaming Does Not Affect Functional Outcomes After Open and Closed Tibial Shaft Fractures: The Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of orthopaedic trauma · 2016Trial
- The treatment of displaced intra-articular distal radius fractures in elderly patients.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2014Trial
- Trial to re-evaluate ultrasound in the treatment of tibial fractures (TRUST): a multicenter randomized pilot study.Trials · 2014Trial
- Internal consistency and construct validity of the Short Musculoskeletal Function Assessment (SMFA) in older adults.Annals of medicine · 2023Article
- Which general functional outcome measure does a better job of capturing change in clinical status in pelvic and acetabular fracture patients? An analysis of responsiveness over the first year of recovery.OTA international : the open access journal of orthopaedic trauma · 2021Article
- Repair of proximal humerus fracture nonunions using a standardized treatment algorithm: a case series.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2021Article
- Comparing the responsiveness of a generic and a musculoskeletal specific functional outcome measure in orthopaedic patients with operative fixation of pelvic ring, acetabulum, or tibia fractures: a comparison between single injury and multiply injured patients.OTA international : the open access journal of orthopaedic trauma · 2021Article
- Prognostic factors for predicting health-related quality of life after intramedullary nailing of tibial fractures: a randomized controlled trial.Bone & joint open · 2021Article
- Protocol for a prospective cohort study of open tibia fractures in Malawi with a nested implementation of open fracture guidelines.Wellcome open research · 2021Article
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- Measuring Outcomes Over Time in Distal Radius Fractures: A Comparison of Generic, Upper Extremity-Specific and Wrist-Specific Outcome Measures.Journal of hand surgery global online · 2020Article
- Minimal important change in physical function in trauma patients: a study using the short musculoskeletal function assessment.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2020Article
- Nonunion in Patients with Tibial Shaft Fractures: Is Early Physical Status Associated with Fracture Healing?Cureus · 2020Article
- Comparison of Generic, Musculoskeletal-Specific, and Foot and Ankle-Specific Outcome Measures Over Time in Tibial Plafond Fractures.Foot & ankle orthopaedics · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo compare the Short Musculoskeletal Function Assessment Dysfunction Index (SMFA DI) and the Short Form-36 Physical Component Summary (SF-36 PCS) scores among patients undergoing operative management of tibial fractures. STUDY DESIGN AND
settingBetween July 2000 and September 2005, we enrolled 1,319 skeletally mature patients with open or closed fractures of the tibial shaft that were managed with intramedullary nailing. Patients were asked to complete the SMFA Questionnaire and SF-36 at discharge and 3, 6, and 12 months post-surgical fixation.
resultsThe SMFA DI and SF-36 PCS scores were highly correlated at 3, 6, and 12 months post-surgical fixation. The difference in the mean standardized change scores for SMFA DI and SF-36 PCS, from 3 to 12 months post-surgical fixation, was not statistically significant. Both the SMFA DI and SF-36 PCS scores were able to discriminate between healed and nonhealed tibial fractures at 3, 6, and 12 months postsurgery.
conclusionIn patients with tibial-shaft fractures, the SMFA DI offered no significant advantages over the SF-36 PCS score. These results, along with the usefulness of SF-36 for comparing populations, recommend the SF-36 for assessing physical function in studies of patients with tibial fractures.
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