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. 2015 Fall;67(4):357–364. doi: 10.3138/ptc.2014-28

Toolkit's Measurement Instruments

Patient's demands Patient Specific Complaints Questionnaire
For physiotherapists in private practices
Impairments
 Pain Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)
 Numeric Rating Scale (NRS)
 Range of motion Goniometer
 Muscle force Handheld dynamometer
Activities of daily living
 Shoulder, arm, and hand Disabilities of Arm, Shoulder and Hand Questionnaire (DASH)
 Shoulder Shoulder Pain & Disability Index (SPADI)
 Cervical Neck Disability Index (NDI)
 Lumbar Quebec Back Pain Disability Scale (QBPDQ)
Acute Low Back Pain Screening Questionnaire (ALBPSQ)
 Hip Algofunctional index
 Knee Algofunctional index (degenerative disorders)
Lysholm score (traumatic patients) combined with Tegner score
 Ankle Function score
Ottawa Ankle Rules
Walking 6-minute walk test
Personal factors Four Dimensional Symptom Questionnaire (4DSQ)
Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia
Self-Efficacy Scale
General perceived effect
Global Perceived Effect (7-point scale)
For physiotherapists in nursing homes
Immobility and sitting Trunk Control Test (TCT)
Mobility
 Staying Berg Balance Scale (BBS)
 Transfers Timed up-and-go (TUG)
 Walking Elderly Mobility Scale (EMS)
Functional Ambulation Categories (FAC)
10-meter walking test
6-minute walking test
Risk-to-fall analysis STRATIFY risk assessment tool
Arm and hand function Frenchay Arm Test (FAT)
Disabilities of Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH)
Handheld dynamometer
Activities of daily living Barthel Index
Pain Numeric rating scale (NRS)