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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Aug 28.
Published in final edited form as: Pain. 2016 Sep;157(9):1836–1850. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000577

Table 3:

Patient-reported outcome measures of physical functioning

Pain related physical functioning/activity measures The Pain Disability Questionnaire5
Chronic Pain Self Efficacy Scale6
Pain Self-Efficacy Questionnaire136
Questionnaire for Physical Activity Decline in Pain (PAD)197
Daily Activity Diary for Chronic Pain Patients60
The Pain Disability Index151
The Multidimensional Pain Inventory104
The Brief Pain Inventory43
General physical functioning/activity outcome measures London Handicap Scale80
MOS 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36)200
The Impact on Participation and Autonomy (IPA)39
The Impact on Participation and Autonomy Questionnaire (IPAQ)38
The Physical Activity and Disability Survey (PADS)155
The Physical Activity Questionnaire117
The Quality of Well-Being Scale, Version 1.04 (QWB)96
The Sickness Impact Profile (SIP)20
Work Limitations Questionnaire (WLQ)112
Human Activity Profile49
Motor Fitness Scale106
Short Questionnaire to Assess Health-Enhancing Physical Activity (SQUASH)199
PROMIS3,4,21,30,34
Activities of daily living measures Population Surveys of Chronic Disease and Disability (Section 1)66
The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention’s Healthy Days Measures (the CDC HRQOL-14)132
The Duke-UNC Health Profile144
Katz Index of Independence in Activities of Daily Living99
Rosow Breslau Index of Mobility160
Nagi’s Upper or Lower Extremity Functional Index135
Disease specific physical activity/functioning measures Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index37
Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire157
Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire36
Health Assessment Questionnaire64
Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC)18
Functional Status Assessment Instrument94
The FAST Functional Performance Inventory154
The Leisure Time Physical Activity Instrument (LPAI)124
The McMaster Toronto Arthritis (MACTAR) Patient Preference Disability Questionnaire188
The Physical Activity at Home or at Work Instrument (PAHWI)124
Short Musculoskeletal Function Assessment Questionnaire180
Modified Health Assessment Questionnaire (MHAQ)149
Musculoskeletal Functional Limitation Index98
Patient-specific activity scoring scheme177
Site specific physical functioning/activity measures Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Head (DASH)92
QuickDASH76
Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire114
Bournemouth Questionnaire25,26
Hip Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (HOOS)137
Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS)159
Lequesne Hip and Knee Scores111
Neck Disability Index198
The Western Ontario Rotator Cuff Index107,108
The Oswestry Disability Index56
Patient-rated Tennis Elbow Evaluation121
Foot and Ankle Ability Measure (FAAM)156