Comprehensive assessment of clinical outcome and quality of life after resection interposition arthroplasty of the thumb saddle joint

Abstract

Objective. To explore the biometric and psychometric properties of clinical, generic, and condition-specific instruments and to assess quantitatively the outcome after resection interposition arthroplasty (RIAP) of the thumb saddle joint.

How sharp is the short QuickDASH? A refined content and validity analysis of the short form of the disabilities of the shoulder, arm and hand questionnaire in the strata of symptoms and function and specific joint conditions

“…Condition-specific instruments were administered in each of the three cohorts: the Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (SPADI) for the shoulder with five pain and eight function items [20,21]; the patient-related elbow evaluation form (PREE) for the elbow with 5 pain and 15 function items [22,23]; the patient-related wrist evaluation form (PRWE) with five pain and ten function items [24,25]. Further information about these tools can be found in the original literature or in [11,13,14].…”

“…(2) A cross-sectional catamnesis of 79 patients with 96 primary total elbow arthroplasties (17 bilateral) assessed 6-19 years after operation [11]. (3) A cross-sectional catamnesis of 103 patients with 112 primary resection interposition arthroplasties (nine bilateral) of the thumb saddle joint examined 4.5-7.7 years after operation [13]. All patients were examined and treated at the Schulthess Klinik, Zurich, Switzerland.…”

“…The studies' protocols were approved by the local ethics committee. The characteristics of the patients and interventions have been detailed in previous publications [11,13,14].…”

“…[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]). It has excellent clinimetric and psychometric properties examined in various settings and is, as the name suggests, more (arm) specific than a generic, comprehensive instrument but less specific than a joint-specific one [14].…”

Upper Extremity-Specific Measures of Disability and Outcomes in Orthopaedic Surgery

“…Each subscale is scored from 0 to 50 and can be summed to a total score on a scale of 0 to 100, with 0 indicating no disability (pain and function are equally weighted). Multiple publications support the PRWE's reliability, validity, responsiveness, and utilization in various populations (distal radial fractures, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, scaphoid fractures, and Kienböck disease) 10,[64][65][66][67] . The PRWE stem questions have been modified to allow application for wrist and hand problems, although the content of the scored questions has not changed 68 .…”