Table 4.

Spearman’s rank correlation coefficients between the SMFA subscales and SF-36, DASH, HOOS, KOOS, and FFI

	Arm and hand function category	Mobility category	Daily activities category	Emotional status category	Dysfunction index	Bother index
SF-36 (N = 339)
PF	−.344	−.644	−.569	−.527	−.616	−.594
RP	−.364	−.504	−.576	−.530	−.586	−.626
BP	−.353	−.588	−.565	−.613	−.625	−.650
GH	−.267	−.387	−.353	−.540	−.423	−.477
VT	−.290	−.396	−.346	−.544	−.436	−.491
SF	−.393	−.477	−.561	−.536	−.582	−.620
RE	−.310	−.378	−.430	−.492	−.462	−.539
MH	−.183	−.211	−.211	−.446	−.271	−.371
DASH (N = 84)
DASH	.669	n.a.	.730	.560	.750	.695
HOOS (N = 69)
Pain	n.a.	−.652	−.630	−.471	−.628	−.609
Symptoms	n.a.	−.631	−.558	−.416	−.568	−.535
ADL	n.a.	−.728	−.713	−.483	−.738	−.670
Function in sports/recreation	n.a.	−.640	−.627	−.424	−.654	−.540
Quality of life	n.a.	−.680	−.579	−.437	−.620	−.521
KOOS (N = 136)
Pain	n.a.	−.571	−.491	−.472	−.573	−.595
Symptoms	n.a.	−.492	−.380	−.450	−.465	−.499
ADL	n.a.	−.711	−.668	−.444	−.713	−.651
Function in sports/recreation	n.a.	−.626	−.586	−.304	−.608	−.569
Quality of life	n.a.	−.468	−.373	−.346	−.430	−.498
FFI (N = 62)
Foot pain	n.a.	.595	.582	.532	.622	.613
Difficulty with activities	n.a.	.615	.566	.536	.610	.623
Limitations	n.a.	.731	.729	.581	.744	.710

All correlations are significant at the 0.001 level

n.a. not applicable, N sample size when correlation was calculated, SMFA Short Musculoskeletal Function Assessment, SF-36 Health Survey Short Form, DASH Arm, Shoulder, and Hand questionnaire, HOOS Hip disability and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score, KOOS Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score, FFI Foot Function Index