Серия "AO Co-Publications"

Spine Outcomes Measures and Instruments evaluates and summarizes more than 100 outcomes instruments for the spine and its associated diseases. The book addresses important questions such as:What outcomes are important to patients and clinicians?Which questions are used to build a specific outcomes instrument?How is a specific instrument scored?Is it completed by the clinician or the patient?Has the instrument undergone validity or reliability testing?In what population was it validated, and...

Care of spinal conditions has become increasingly complex and confusing. Classification systems can help in understanding the subject matter at hand, but have exploded in numbers and complexity. Attempts at extracting classifications of spinal disorders are cumbersome and require careful study of numerous reference books without achieving a comprehensive overview in the end. This one of a kind reference text summarizes over 185 spine classification or severity easures with standardized art work,...

* What outcomes are important to patients and clinicians? * How is a specific instrument scored? * Has it undergone reliability testing? * In what population was it validated, and how did it perform?This pocket-sized handbook, covering all the major musculoskeletal outcomes instruments in use today, answers these questions and more. Key concepts like reliability, validity, and responsiveness form the framework of the book, which features more than 300 commonly used outcomes instruments for the...