Outcomes Tools

 

Here is a List of various tools used in Outcomes Research:

Questionnaires in MODEMS:

Spine:
AAOS Cervical Spine Questionnaire
AAOS Scoliosis Questionnaire
AAOS Lumbar Spine Questionnaire

Upper-Limb:
AAOS DASH questionnaire

Pediatrics:
AAOS Pediatric Parent (Child) Questionnaire
AAOS Pediatric Parent (Adolescent) Questionnaire
AAOS Pediatric Adolescent Questionnaire

Lower Limb:
AAOS Lower Limb Questionnaire
AAOS Foot and Ankle Questionnaire
AAOS Sports Knee Questionnaire
AAOS Hip/Knee Questionnaire

General Health Status:
SF-36
WOMAC
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Other Popular Tools:

Spine:
Roland Disability Scale
Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire
Million Visual Analog Scale
Waddell Disability Index
Dallas Pain Questionnaire
Low Back Outcome Score

General Health Status:
Duke-UNC Health Profile
SIP
Nottingham Health Profile

Knee:
Knee Society Knee Score
IKDC Ligament Evaluation Form
Baltimore Knee System
Knee System of Hohl and Luck
Hospital for Special Surgery Knee Rating System

Hip:
Harris Hip Evaluation
Total Hip Arthroplasty Evaluation Form of AAOS

Shoulder:
ASES Shoulder Evaluation System
UCLA Shoulder Rating System

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We encourage the use of the AAOS tools because we need to standardize the tools we use to measure Outcomes. Without Standards, we cannot compare studies that used seperate tools. Through the AAOS and MODEMS program we have the opportunity to create a standard set of instruments that are reliable, reproducible and valid. We believe using the AAOS instruments is helping the Outcomes movement toward a standard set of Outcome measures.