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ArticleBMC musculoskeletal disorders2015

Development of an item list to assess the forgotten joint concept in shoulder patients.

Johannes M Giesinger, Nicolas Kesterke, David F Hamilton, Bernhard Holzner, Bernhard Jost, Karlmeinrad Giesinger

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  1. The reliability of the forgotten joint score for shoulder arthroplasty.Journal of shoulder and elbow arthroplasty · 2026
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  3. Rasch analysis of the Forgotten Joint Score in patients undergoing knee arthroplasty.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2019
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Johannes M GiesingerDepartment of Psychosocial Research and Epidemiology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066, Amsterdam, CX, The Netherlands. johannes.giesinger@i-med.ac.at.
Nicolas KesterkeDepartment of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, Rorschacherstrasse 95, 9000, St. Gallen, CH, Switzerland. nicolas.kesterke@kssg.ch.
David F HamiltonDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Edinburgh, 49 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4SA, UK. d.f.hamilton@ed.ac.uk.
Bernhard HolznerDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstr. 35, A-6020, Innsbruck, Austria. bernhard.holzner@uki.at.
Bernhard JostDepartment of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, Rorschacherstrasse 95, 9000, St. Gallen, CH, Switzerland. bernhard.jost@kssg.ch.
Karlmeinrad GiesingerDepartment of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, Rorschacherstrasse 95, 9000, St. Gallen, CH, Switzerland. karlmeinrad.giesinger@kssg.ch.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTo generate an item list for the assessment of joint awareness in shoulder patients and to collect patient feedback on the comprehensibility of the items and the forgotten joint concept.

methodsItem content was generated on the basis of literature search and expert ratings following a stepwise refinement procedure, including final evaluation by an international expert board (n = 12) including members with various professional backgrounds. Items were translated from English to German and evaluated in 30 German-speaking shoulder patients in Switzerland and 30 shoulder patients in the UK.

resultsLiterature search identified 45 questionnaires covering 805 issues potentially relevant for the assessment of joint awareness. Stepwise item selection resulted in 97 items to be evaluated by the international expert board leaving 70 items for collecting patient feedback. The majority of patients indicated that the introductory text explaining the forgotten joint concept was easy or very easy to understand (79.3%) and that the items were clear (91.4%).

conclusionWe developed a list of 70 questions for the assessment of joint awareness in shoulder patients and obtained positive patient feedback for these. In a next step, we will administer the items to a large international patient sample to obtain data for psychometric analysis and development of a measurement model, which is the basis for creation of computer-adaptive assessments or static short-forms.

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Quality of LifeActivities of Daily LivingAdultAwarenessBiomechanical PhenomenaFemaleHumansLanguageMaleMiddle AgedOrthopedic ProceduresPatient Outcome AssessmentPsychometricsRange of Motion, ArticularRotator CuffRotator Cuff Injuries

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PMID25888383
PMCPMC4374495

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