TABLE I.

Upper Extremity Outcome Measures for the Shoulder

				Responder Burden		Target Population
Scale*	Anatomic Region	Measures	Validated	Clinician	Patient (no. of questions)	Age (yr)	Disorders	MCID†
DASH4	Shoulder, arm, and hand	Function (bilateral)	Yes	None	38	18-65	All upper extremity diagnoses	10-17
ASES13	Shoulder	Pain, instability, activities of daily living	Yes	Rarely used	10	20-81	All shoulder diagnoses	6.4 (12-17 for RTC)
Constant16	Shoulder	Function	Yes	6 items	2	14-85	Rotator cuff repair, shoulder arthroplasty, adhesive capsulitis, and proximal humeral fractures	NA
Shoulder activity level23	Shoulder	Activity level	Yes	None	7		Rotator cuff, osteoarthritis, and instability	NA
SANE25	Shoulder	Patient perception	No	None	1		All shoulder diagnoses	NA
UCLA Shoulder Score26	Shoulder	Pain, function, forward flexion, forward flexion strength, and patient satisfaction	No	2 items	3		All shoulder diagnoses	NA
WOOS32,33	Shoulder	Pain, physical symptoms, sports, recreation, work, and emotional	Yes	None	19		Osteoarthritis	NA
RCQOL34	Shoulder	Symptoms, sports, work, lifestyle, and social and emotional	No	None	34	25-83	Rotator cuff pathology	NA
WORC36	Shoulder	Pain, physical symptoms, sports, recreation, work, and emotional	Yes	None	20	20-84	Rotator cuff pathology	245
WOSI37	Shoulder	Pain, physical symptoms, sports, recreation, work, and emotional	Yes	None	21		Shoulder instability	220

^*DASH = Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand, ASES = American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons, SANE = Single Assessment Numeric Evaluation, UCLA = University of California Los Angeles, WOOS = Western Ontario Osteoarthritis of the Shoulder index, RCQOL = Rotator Cuff Quality of Life, WORC = Western Ontario Rotator Cuff index, and WOSI = Western Ontario Shoulder Instability index.

^†MCID = minimal clinically important difference, RTC = rotator cuff, and NA = not available.