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Table III.

Thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS)- related patient-reported outcomes measures (PROM)

PROM	Year	No. of items	Domains	Time to complete, minutes	Validated	Advantages	Disadvantages
CBSQ^38,48-50	2007	14	Symptoms	Not reported	Yes	Useful in initial evaluation for TOS	Unclear ability to predict response to successful thoracic outlet decompression
DASH^51,52	1996	30	Symptoms, effect on physical activities, effect on social activities	Not reported	Yes	Assesses problems associated with daily tasks	Length of questionnaire
Quick DASH^50,52-54	2005	11	Symptoms, effect on physical activities, effect on social activities	Not reported	Yes	Same principles as DASH and less time	Not as comprehensive as DASH
NTOS^{49,50,52,55,56}	2013	45	Symptoms, effect on physical activities, effect on social activities, pain	<20	No	Comprehensive, comprised of 3 tools (CBSQ, DASH, and 10-point scale for pain)	No clear advantage to this instrument over the CBSQ and DASH as individual measures

CBSQ, Cervical-Brachial Symptom Questionnaire; DASH, Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand; NTOS, Neurogenic Thoracic Outlet Symptom Index.