Table 4.
Body Regions Assessed with Patient-Rated Outcome Measures by Athletic Trainers
| Body Region |
No. (%) |
Instruments |
| Lumbar spine | 72 (66) | Oswestry Low Back Pain Questionnaire, Quebec Back Pain Disability Scale |
| Head | 72 (66) | Sport Concussion Assessment Tool (SCAT, SCAT2), Standardized Assessment of Concussion (SAC), Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment and Cognitive Testing (ImPACT), Graded Symptoms Checklist |
| Cervical spine | 71 (65) | Neck Disability Index |
| Knee | 68 (62) | Lysholm Knee Scoring Scale, Single Assessment Numeric Evaluation |
| Shoulder | 65 (59) | Shoulder Pain and Disability Index |
| Ankle | 64 (58) | Functional Ankle Ability Measure |
| Hip | 59 (54) | |
| Elbow | 56 (51) | |
| Wrist | 55 (50) | |
| Hand | 54 (49) | |
| Foot | 54 (49) | Foot Health Status Questionnaire |
| Region specific | NA | Lower Extremity Functional Scale, Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand |
| Generic | NA | McGill Pain Questionnaire, pain scale, Subjective Injury Assessment, Short Form-36, Health Status Questionnaire |
| Other | NA | Homegrown questionnaires, medical history,b generic satisfaction questionnaire, Faust Injury Report,b Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire, Loss of Productivity Assessment, Perceived Improvement Questionnaire, Get Up and Go Test,b Tinetti Balance Assessment Tool,b Balance Error Scoring Systemb |
| Outcomes-measurement systemsa | NA | Clinical Outcomes Research Education for Athletic Trainers; Focus on Therapeutic Outcomes, Inc; Therapeutic Associates Outcomes Systems; SportsWareb |
Abbreviation: NA, not available.
a
Outcomes-measurement systems integrate multiple outcomes-assessment instruments that are generic, region specific, and disease specific.
b
These items were reported but are not considered patient-rated outcomes measures.