This paper describes the development of an evaluative outcome measure for patients with
upper extremity musculoskeletal conditions. The goal is to produce a brief, self‐administered …

Objective To provide a single source for the best available estimates of the US prevalence of
and number of individuals affected by osteoarthritis, polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell …

Importance Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common joint disease, affecting an estimated more
than 240 million people worldwide, including an estimated more than 32 million in the US. …

We developed a self-administered questionnaire for the assessment of severity of symptoms
and functional status in patients who have carpal tunnel syndrome. The reproducibility, …

Socioeconomic factors are important risk factors for lumbar pain and disability. The total
costs of low-back pain in the United States exceed $100 billion per year. Two-thirds of these …

Background: The purpose of this study was to develop a short, reliable, and valid measure
of physical function and symptoms related to upper-limb musculoskeletal disorders by …

Objective To develop the Self‐Administered Comorbidity Questionnaire (SCQ) and assess
its psychometric properties, including the predictive validity of the instrument, as reflected by …

The Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) outcome measure was developed
to evaluate disability and symptoms in single or multiple disorders of the upper limb at one …

Comorbidity generally is measured by medical record abstraction, which is expensive and
often impractical. The aim of this study was to assess the reproducibility and validity of a …

Background: Information on the epidemiology of primary total hip replacement is limited, and
we are not aware of any reports on the epidemiology of revision total hip replacement. The …