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. 2021 May 8;11(5):845. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics11050845

Table 5.

Study population of the validations.

Tools Validation Studies Populations
Symptoms/
Signs
Pathologies Surgical Interventions
1. AMERICAN
SHOULDER AND
ELBOW SURGEONS STANDARDIZED SHOULDER
ASSESSMENT FORM (ASES) [19]
Beaton et al., 1996 [20] * Shoulder disorders
Beaton et al., 1998 [21] Pain RC disease, OA, glenohumeral instability, malunion of a shoulder fx RC repair, total shoulder arthroplasty
Cook et al., 2002 [22] Shoulder
dysfunction
Michener et al., 2002 [23] Weakness Impingement syndrome, instability/dislocation, RC syndrome, adhesive capsulitis, humeral fx, RC and adhesive capsulitis Surgery
Oh et al., 2009 [24] RC disorder, SLAP lesion, shoulder instability
Kemp et al., 2012 [25] Symptoms of
shoulder
instability
Shoulder instability
Sciascia et al., 2017 [26] Primary glenohumeral OA Total shoulder arthroplasty
Dabija et al., 2019 [27] RC tear
Vrotsou et al., 2019 [28] Subacromial pathology with/without RC rupture,
tendinopathy, instability
Surgery repair
Gotlin et al., 2020 [29] RC repair
Hou et al., 2020 [30] Pain RC tear, frozen shoulder, impingement syndrome,
instability of shoulder, AC joint arthritis, SLAP lesion, biceps tendinopathy
Baumgarten et al., 2020 [31] RC repair and total shoulder
arthroplasty
2. CONSTANT-MURLEY SCORE (CMS) [44] Conboy et al., 1996 [45] * Dislocation, arthritis, impingement
Cook et al., 2002 [22] Shoulder
dysfunction
Angst et al., 2008 [46] Primary unilateral or bilateral total shoulder arthroplasty
Razmjou et al., 2008 [47] Impingement syndrome or partial thickness RC tears RC repair
Rocourt et al., 2008 [48] Shoulder
dysfunctions
Oh et al., 2009 [24] RC disorders, isolated SLAP lesions, shoulder instability
Kemp et al., 2012 [25] Anterior
glenohumeral
instability
Shoulder instability
Ban et al., 2016 [49] Clavicle fx
Mahabier et al., 2016 [50] Humeral shaft fx
Sciascia et al., 2017 [26] Glenohumeral OA Total shoulder arthroplasty
James-Belin et al., 2018 [51] Pain Degenerative RC disease (tendinopathy with or without full-thickness tear)
3. DUTCH SHOULDER DISABILITY QUESTIONNAIRE (DUTCH-SDQ) [58] Van der Windt et al., 1998 [59] * Pain Capsular syndrome, acute bursitis, acromioclavicular syndrome, subacromial syndrome
Van der Heijden et al., 2000 [60] Pain and
restricted
passive ROM
glenohumeral
Paul et al., 2004 [61] Pain
4. FLEXILEVEL SCALE OF SHOULDER FUNCTION (FLEX-SF) [63] Cook et al., 2003 [63] * Shoulder pathology
5. FUDAN UNIVERSITY SHOULDER SCORE [70] Ge et al., 2013 [70] * Pain or
discomfort
RC tear, biceps tendon injury, subacromial impingement,
labrum injury, frozen shoulder, tendinopathy
6. FUNCTIONAL SHOULDER SCORE (FSS) [72] Iossifidis et al., 2015 [72] * RC disease RC repair
7. KOREAN SHOULDER SCORING SYSTEM (KSS) [73] Tae et al., 2009 [73] * RC tears, impingement syndrome or RC tendinopathy
8. MELBOURNE INSTABILITY SHOULDER SCALE (MISS) [80] Watson et al., 2005 [80] * Glenohumeral dislocation or subluxation Surgical stabilization
9. MODIFIED CONSTANT-MURLEY SCORE [82] Van der Water et al., 2014 [83] * Isolated proximal humeral fx
10. MODIFIED ROWE SHOULDER SCORE (MRS) [88] Romeo et al., 1996 [89] * Shoulder stabilization procedures Bankart-type repairs, capsular shifts, arthroscopic stabilizations
11. MODIFIED UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA—LOS ANGELES SHOULDER SCALE (UCLA) [95] Cook et al., 2002 [22] * Shoulder dysfunction
Oh et al., 2009 [24] RC disorders, isolated SLAP lesions, shoulder instability
Van de Water et al., 2014 [83] Isolated proximal humeral fx
Vascellari et al., 2018 [96] Anterior shoulder instability Arthroscopic Bankart repair, open
Bristow-Latarjet procedure **
12. MUNICH SHOULDER QUESTIONNAIRE (MSQ) [100] Schmidutz et al., 2012 [100] * Shoulder disorder
13. OXFORD INSTABILITY SCORE (OIS) [104] Dawson et al., 1999 [104] * Shoulder instability
Van der Linde et al., 2017 [105] Primary and recurrent shoulder instability
14. OXFORD SHOULDER SCORE (OSS) [111] Dawson et al., 1996 [111] * Impingement syndrome, RC tear, calcified deposits in the RC tendon, primary or secondary OA, inflammatory
arthritis, adhesive capsulitis
Van de Water et al., 2014 [83] Isolated proximal humeral fracture
15. PEDIATRIC/
ADOLESCENT SHOULDER SURVEY (PASS) [129]
Edmonds et al., 2017 [129] * Complaints
related to the
shoulder
16. PENN SHOULDER SCORE (PSS) [132] Cook et al., 2001 [133] * Pain and
dysfunction
Leggin et al., 2006 [134] Impingement/tendinopathy, RC tear, instability, adhesive
capsulitis/frozen shoulder, proximal humerus fx,
acromioclavicular joint arthritis, glenohumeral joint
arthritis
17. ROTATOR CUFF QUALITY OF LIFE (RC-QOL) [142] Hollinshead et al., 2000 [142] * RC disease
Razmjou et al., 2006 [143] Impingement syndrome RC repair
Eubank et al., 2017 [144] Chronic full-thickness RC tear
18. ROWE SCALE [94] Romeo et al., 1996 [89] * Shoulder stabilization procedures Bankart-type repairs, capsular shifts, arthroscopic stabilizations
Oh et al., 2009 [24] RC disorders, isolated SLAP lesions, shoulder instability
19. SHORT WESTERN ONTARIO ROTATOR CUFF INDEX (SHORT-WORC) [159] Razmjou et al., 2012 [159] * RC pathology with biceps lesion Acromioplasty, RC repair,
debridement, tenodesis or tenotomy of LHB
Dewan et al., 2016 [160] RC repair with or without
acromioplasty
Dewan et al., 2018 [161] RC repair
Furtado et al., 2020 [162] RC disorders
20. SHOULDER ACTIVITY RATING SCALE (SARS) [12] Brophy et al., 2005 [12] * RC tears, glenohumeral joint OA, RC arthropathy Reverse total shoulder arthroplasty
21. SHOULDER FUNCTION INDEX (SFInX) [165] Van de Water et al., 2015 [165] * Isolated proximal humeral fx, proximal humeral
fx-dislocation
Van de Water et al., 2015 [166] Isolated proximal humeral fx or proximal humeral
fx-dislocation
22. SHOULDER PAIN AND DISABILITY INDEX (SPADI) [167] Roach et al., 1991 [167] * Pain
Beaton et al., 1996 [20] Shoulder disorders
Heald et al., 1997 [168] Pain,
weakness
Impingement/tendinopathy/
bursitis, instability/dislocation, RC syndrome, adhesive
capsulitis, fx, sternoclavicular or acromioclavicular joint
subluxation, contusion
Arthroscopic surgery, RC repair
Beaton et al., 1998 [21] Pain RC disease, OA, glenohumeral instability, malunion of a shoulder fx RC repair, total shoulder arthroplasty
Roddey et al., 2000 [169] Shoulder disorders
Cook et al., 2001 [133] Pain and
dysfunction
Cook et al., 2002 [22] Dysfunction
Paul et al., 2004 [61] Pain
MacDermid et al., 2006 [170] Pain
Angst et al., 2008 [46] Primary unilateral or bilateral total shoulder arthroplasty
Bicer et al., 2010 [171] Pain Adhesive capsulitis, RC/biceps tendinopathy, RC tear,
myofascial, OA, bursitis
Staples et al., 2010 [172] Pain, stiffness Adhesive capsulitis
Hill et al., 2011 [173] Pain, stiffness
Riley et al., 2015 [174] Pain
Jerosch-Herold et al., 2017 [175] Pain
Thoomes de Graaf et al., 2017 [176] Pain
James-Berlin et al., 2018 [51] Pain Degenerative RC disease (tendinopathy with or without full-thickness tear)
Vascellari et al., 2018 [96] Anterior shoulder instability Arthroscopic Bankart repair, open
Bristow-Latarjet procedure **
Riley et al., 2019 [177] Pain
Dabija et al., 2019 [27] RC tears
Boake et al., 2020 [178] RC repair
23. SHOULDER PAIN SCORE (SPS) [196] Winters et al., 1996 [196] * Pain
24. SHOULDER RATING QUESTIONNAIRE (SRQ) [203] L’Insalata et al., 1997 [203] * Impingement instability, complete tear of the RC, OA of the glenohumeral joint, adhesive capsulitis, OA of the
acromioclavicular joint
Paul et al., 2004 [61] Pain
25. SIMPLE SHOULDER TEST (SST) [206] Beaton et al., 1996 [20] * Shoulder disorder
Beaton et al., 1998 [21] Pain RC disease, OA, glenohumeral instability, malunion of a shoulder fx RC repair, total shoulder arthroplasty
Roddey et al., 2000 [169] Shoulder disorders
Cook et al., 2001 [133] Pain and
dysfunction
Godfrey et al., 2007 [207] Shoulder instability, RC injury
Oh et al., 2009 [24] RC disorders, isolated SLAP lesions, shoulder instability
Roy et al., 2010 [208] Shoulder arthroplasty:
hemiarthroplasty, total shoulder
arthroplasty, reverse total shoulder
arthroplasty
Hsu et al., 2017 [209] OA, rheumatoid arthritis, avascular necrosis,
capsulorrhaphy arthropathy, post-traumatic arthritis, cuff tear arthropathy
Shoulder arthroplasty
Vascellari et al., 2018 [96] Anterior shoulder instability Arthroscopic Bankart repair, open
Bristow-Latarjet procedure **
Baumgarten et al., 2020 [31] RC repair and total shoulder
arthroplasty
26. SINGLE ASSESSMENT NUMERIC EVALUATION RATING (SANE) [216]
Sciascia et al., 2017 [26] * Primary glenohumeral OA Total shoulder arthroplasty
Gowd et al., 2019 [217] Primary glenohumeral arthritis and RC arthropathy Anatomic or reverse total shoulder
arthroplasty
Thigpen et al., 2018 [218] Signs and
symptoms of
subacromial
impingement or adhesive
capsulitis
Primary arthroscopic RC repair, total shoulder replacement
Cohn et al., 2020 [219] Total shoulder arthroplasty or reverse total shoulder arthroplasty
27. SUBJECTIVE SHOULDER RATING SCALE (SSRS) [223] Beaton et al., 1996 [20] * Shoulder disorders
Kohn et al., 1997 [224] Anterior shoulder reconstructions,
subacromial decompressions
Beaton et al., 1998 [21] Pain RC disease, OA, glenohumeral instability, malunion of a shoulder fx RC repair, total shoulder arthroplasty
28. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA—LOS ANGELES SHOULDER SCALE (UCLA) [225] Romeo et al., 1996 [89] * Shoulder stabilization procedures Bankart-type repairs, capsular shifts, arthroscopic stabilizations
Roddey et al., 2000 [169] Shoulder disorders
29. UNITED KINGDOM SHOULDER DISABILITY QUESTIONNAIRE (UK-SDQ) [230] Croft et al., 1994 [230] * Pain
Paul et al., 2004 [61] Pain
30. WESTERN ONTARIO SHOULDER INSTABILITY INDEX (WOSI) [232]
Kirkley et al., 1998 [232] * Instability shoulder
Oh et al., 2009 [24] RC disorder, SLAP lesion, shoulder instability
Kemp et al., 2012 [25] Symptoms of
shoulder
instability
Shoulder instability
Van der Linde et al., 2017 [105] Primary and recurrent shoulder instability
31. WESTERN ONTARIO OSTEOARTHRITIS OF THE SHOULDER INDEX (WOOS) [250] Lo et al., 2001 [250] * Pain OA
Sciascia et al., 2017 [26] Primary glenohumeral OA Total shoulder arthroplasty
32. WESTERN ONTARIO ROTATOR CUFF INDEX (WORC) [258] Kirkley et al., 2003 [258] * Symptoms RC tendinopathy, RC tendinopathy with no tear, partial-thickness RC tears, full-thickness RC tears, RC
arthropathy
Razmjou et al., 2006 [143] Impingement syndrome
Gadsboell et al., 2017 [259] Scapula alata

Note: * Original validation studies. ** Specific surgical technique. Abbreviations: fx, fracture; OA, osteoarthritis; RC, rotator cuff; ROM, range of motion.