Which Is the Best Outcome Measure for Rotator Cuff Tears?

CONCLUSIONS: All the upper extremity-specific scales had acceptable psychometric properties. Correlations were high and thus only one upper extremity-specific instrument is needed for outcome assessment. Given the overall psychometric assessment, we recommend SPADI be the shoulder-specific instrument used to assess outcomes in patients with rotator cuff tears.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level III, diagnostic study.
PMID: 31335605 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research - July 24, 2019 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Dabija DI, Pennings JS, Archer KR, Ayers GD, Higgins LD, Kuhn JE, Baumgarten KM, Matzkin E, Jain NB Tags: Clin Orthop Relat Res Source Type: research