Table 1.
The Modernized Activity Subjective Survey of 2007
| Functional task | No difficulty | Unable to do | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Type on a keyboard | NA | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 2. Use a computer mouse | NA | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 3. Dial a cell phone/telephone | NA | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 4. Take a photograph with a camera | NA | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 5. Pull an item from a pocket/purse | NA | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 6. Write a check | NA | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 7. Take a dollar bill out of a wallet | NA | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 8. Plug a cord into a power outlet | NA | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 9. Do laundry/fold clothes | NA | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 10. Type on a handheld device | NA | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
NA = not applicable; indicates the patient has never performed the task in question (eg, some people have never typed on a handheld device) and thus is unable to comment on the relative difficulty compared with before the fracture.
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