Table 1.
Properties of ULF PROs.
| Measure | Reference |
Disease group | Items | Recall period | Response categories: |
Method of: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Author | Number | Type | Administration | Development | Scoring | ||||
| ABILHAND | 1998 | Penta | None specified | 46 | NS | 3 | NOC | Paper/interview | RMT | Summation / RMT |
| ABILHAND-NMD | 2010 | Vandervelde | Neuromuscular disorders | 22 | NS | 3 | NOC | Paper/interview | RMT | Summation / RMT |
| ABILHAND-RA | 2007 | Durez | Rheumatoid arthritis | 27 | NS | 3 | NOC | Paper/interview | RMT | Summation / RMT |
| ABILHAND-SSC | 2009 | Vanthuyne | Systemic sclerosis | 26 | NS | 3 | NOC | Paper/interview | RMT | Summation / RMT |
| ABILHAND-Stroke | 2001 | Penta | Chronic stroke | 23 | NS | 3 | NOC | Paper/interview | RMT | Summation / RMT |
| AMHFQ | 1999 | Alderson | Carpal Tunnel Syndrome | 56 | Now | 7 | NOC | Paper | CTT | Simple |
| AMSQ | 2015 | Mokkink | Multiple sclerosis | 31 | Last 2 weeks | 6 | NOC | Paper | IRT | Summation / IRT |
| ARM-A | 2013 | Ashford | Hemiparetic UL | 20 (now 21) | Last week | 5 | NOC | Paper | None | Subscales only; Summation |
| AUSCAN | 2002 | Bellamy | Hand osteoarthritis; Hand joint pain | 15 | Last 2 days | 5 (Likert) or 11 (numeric) | Likert/ VAS/ Numerical | Paper/interview | CTT | Not clear |
| CUE | 1998 | Marino | Adults with tetraplegia and spinal cord injuries. | 32 | Average day | 7 | NOC | Interview | CTT | Not clear |
| DASH | 1996 | Hudak | UE musculoskeletal disorders | 30 + 8 optional | Last week | 5 | NOC | Paper | CTT | Summation |
| Quick DASH | 2005 | Beaton | UE musculoskeletal problems | 11 + 8 optional | Last week | 5 | NOC | Paper | CTT/RMT | Summation |
| FLEX-SF | 2003 | Cook | Shoulder surgery | 33 + screening question | NS | 5 | NOC | Paper | RMT | Summation |
| MAL | 1993 | Taub | Stroke | 30 | NS | 6 | NOC | Interview | None | Not clear |
| MAM-16 | 2005 | Chen | Hand impairments | 16 | NS | 5 | NOC | Paper | RMT | RMT |
| MAM-36 | 2010 | Chen | Hand impairments | 36 | NS | 5 | NOC | Paper | RMT | RMT |
| MAP-HAND | 2010 | Paulsen | Rheumatoid arthritis | 18 | Last time performed | 4 | NOC | Paper | RMT | Summation |
| MAS | 2005 | Seaton | UE disability | 47 | Now | 5 | NOC | Paper | CTT | Summation |
| MHQ | 1998 | Chung | Hand disorders | 37 | Last week | 5 | NOC | Paper | CTT | Summation |
| Neuro-QoL | 2011 | Cella | Neurological disorders | 20 | NS | 5 | NOC | Computer | RMT/IRT | Summation |
| Neuro-QoL SF | 2012 | Cella | Neurological disorders | 8 | NS | 5 | NOC | Paper/computer | RMT/IRT | Summation |
| UEFI | 2001 | Stratford | UE dysfunction | 20 | Now | 5 | NOC | Paper | CTT | Summation |
| UEFS | 1997 | Pranksky | Work-related UE disorders | 8 | NS | 10 | NOC | Paper | CTT | Summation |
| ULFI | 2006 | Gabel | UL symptoms | 25 | Last few days | 2 | Yes/No | Paper | CTT | Summation |
Fourth column, ‘Disease group’ is the population for which the instrument was originally designed. For sixth column, ‘Recall period’, NS = Not Specified. For eight column, ‘Response categories/type’, NOC = Numerically Ordered Categories with descriptors, VAS = Visual Analog Scale. For eleventh column, ‘Scoring’, Summation = item scores summed without weighting or standardisation; RMT = Rasch Measurement Theory (i.e. score derived from item responses); Subscales only = a simple score for sub-scales, but these are not to be combined; NC = Not clear; UL = Upper Limb; UE = Upper Extremity; IRT = Item Response Theory.