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SynthesisKnee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA2012

Instruments to assess patients with rotator cuff pathology: a systematic review of measurement properties.

Umile Giuseppe Longo, Daniël Saris, Rudolf W Poolman, Alessandra Berton, Vincenzo Denaro

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Synthesis in Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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19 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  9. Psychometric properties of patient-reported outcome questionnaires for patients with musculoskeletal disorders of the shoulder.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2019
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  13. Missed fractures of the greater tuberosity.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2018
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  18. Turkish version of the Rotator Cuff Quality of Life questionnaire in rotator cuff-impaired patients.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2015
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Umile Giuseppe LongoDepartment of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Campus Bio-Medico University, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 200, 00128, Trigoria, Rome, Italy. g.longo@unicampus.it
Daniël Saris
Rudolf W Poolman
Alessandra Berton
Vincenzo Denaro

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe aims of this study were to obtain an overview of the methodological quality of studies on the measurement properties of rotator cuff questionnaires and to describe how well various aspects of the design and statistical analyses of studies on measurement properties are performed.

methodsA systematic review of published studies on the measurement properties of rotator cuff questionnaires was performed. Two investigators independently rated the quality of the studies using the Consensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement Instruments checklist. This checklist was developed in an international Delphi consensus study.

resultsSixteen studies were included, in which two measurement instruments were evaluated, namely the Western Ontario Rotator Cuff Index and the Rotator Cuff Quality-of-Life Measure. The methodological quality of the included studies was adequate on some properties (construct validity, reliability, responsiveness, internal consistency, and translation) but need to be improved on other aspects. The most important methodological aspects that need to be developed are as follows: measurement error, content validity, structural validity, cross-cultural validity, criterion validity, and interpretability.

conclusionConsidering the importance of adequate measurement properties, it is concluded that, in the field of rotator cuff pathology, there is room for improvement in the methodological quality of studies measurement properties. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: II.

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Rotator Cuff InjuriesSurveys and QuestionnairesCultureEvaluation Studies as TopicHumansOutcome Assessment, Health CareQuality of LifeReproducibility of ResultsSeverity of Illness IndexTendon Injuries

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