Background: The use of clinical outcomes instruments is essential for the effective interpretation of individual patient progress as well as the comparison of treatment groups. An outcomes instrument must be reliable and valid to obtain any meaningful data. The purpose of the present study was to examine the reliability and validity of the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (AOFAS) clinical rating scale for the hallux metatarsophalangeal- interphalangeal and lesser toes metatarsoplialangeal-interphalangeal joints. Methods: Eleven patients (one man, 10 women) with an average age of 54 (range 40 to 72) years and with classic rheumatoid arthritis not currently treated for foot complaints were enrolled in the present study. The average...
Category: Ankle Introduction/Purpose: A commonly used measure of ankle function is the Foot and Ankl...
Background and Aim of the work: An incorrect interpretation or patients’ misunderstanding of evaluat...
To identify self-reported outcome measures specific to the foot and ankle in patients with rheumatoi...
AbstractBackgroundThis study evaluated the validity and inter- and intraclinician reliability of (1)...
AbstractBackgroundThe aim of this study was to report the five scales comprising the rating system t...
Background The structural validity of the Lower extremity functional scale (LEFS), the Visual analo...
Although there is a wide array of outcome tools for assessing patients with symptomatic ankle arthri...
AbstractBackgroundThis study evaluated the validity and inter- and intraclinician reliability of (1)...
Background: The structural validity of the Lower extremity functional scale (LEFS), the Visual analo...
Background and Aim of the work: An incorrect interpretation or patients’ misunderstanding of evaluat...
Background and Aim of the work: An incorrect interpretation or patients’ misunderstanding of evaluat...
Background and Aim of the work: An incorrect interpretation or patients’ misunderstanding of evaluat...
Background and Aim of the work: An incorrect interpretation or patients’ misunderstanding of evaluat...
The Foot Function Index is a validated and reliable in-strument for measuring foot pain, disability,...
Background and Aim of the work: An incorrect interpretation or patients’ misunderstanding of evaluat...
Category: Ankle Introduction/Purpose: A commonly used measure of ankle function is the Foot and Ankl...
Background and Aim of the work: An incorrect interpretation or patients’ misunderstanding of evaluat...
To identify self-reported outcome measures specific to the foot and ankle in patients with rheumatoi...
AbstractBackgroundThis study evaluated the validity and inter- and intraclinician reliability of (1)...
AbstractBackgroundThe aim of this study was to report the five scales comprising the rating system t...
Background The structural validity of the Lower extremity functional scale (LEFS), the Visual analo...
Although there is a wide array of outcome tools for assessing patients with symptomatic ankle arthri...
AbstractBackgroundThis study evaluated the validity and inter- and intraclinician reliability of (1)...
Background: The structural validity of the Lower extremity functional scale (LEFS), the Visual analo...
Background and Aim of the work: An incorrect interpretation or patients’ misunderstanding of evaluat...
Background and Aim of the work: An incorrect interpretation or patients’ misunderstanding of evaluat...
Background and Aim of the work: An incorrect interpretation or patients’ misunderstanding of evaluat...
Background and Aim of the work: An incorrect interpretation or patients’ misunderstanding of evaluat...
The Foot Function Index is a validated and reliable in-strument for measuring foot pain, disability,...
Background and Aim of the work: An incorrect interpretation or patients’ misunderstanding of evaluat...
Category: Ankle Introduction/Purpose: A commonly used measure of ankle function is the Foot and Ankl...
Background and Aim of the work: An incorrect interpretation or patients’ misunderstanding of evaluat...
To identify self-reported outcome measures specific to the foot and ankle in patients with rheumatoi...