Postoperative Shoulder Function Assessment: Proposing the concept of 'Forgotten shoulder' over 'Normal shoulder ’ as the New Standard in Single Assessment Numerical Evaluation

A major limitation of Patient-Reported Outcomes Measures (PROMs) postoperatively is the ceiling effect, where patients report the maximum score, making it difficult to differentiate between different conditions. Our findings regarding the SSV-Sport reveal a significant ceiling effect post-surgery, indicating the need for improvements in PROMs, including the Single Assessment Numerical Evaluation (SANE). One of the problems with SANE is scoring a ‘normal’ joint as the maximum. Patients might tolerate some subtle imperfections in their recovery and still consider their joint ‘normal’.
Source: Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research