The ACL Quality of Life (ACL-QOL) is a patient-reported outcome measure designed to assess the impact of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury on the patient's quality of life. It was developed by Ronald C. Kessler, M.D., M.P.H., and his colleagues in 1998 and has since been widely used in clinica...
The Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) is a self-reported questionnaire that assesses the patient's perception of their knee function and related quality of life. It was developed to evaluate knee injuries, particularly knee osteoarthritis, but it can also be used to assess knee fun...
The Lysholm Knee Scoring Scale is a patient-reported outcome measure used to evaluate the functional status of the knee joint. It was developed by Dr. Lars Lysholm in 1982 and has since been widely used in clinical practice and research. The Lysholm Knee Scoring Scale consists of eight questions tha...
The Foot & Ankle Disability Index (FADI) score is a self-reported questionnaire designed to assess the level of functional disability and pain experienced by individuals with foot and ankle disorders. The FADI score includes 26 items that cover four domains: pain, disability, activity limitations, a...
The Foot and Ankle Outcome Score (FAOS) is a patient-reported outcome measure designed to assess the functional status and quality of life of individuals with foot and ankle disorders. It includes five subscales that evaluate different aspects of foot and ankle function: pain, other symptoms, functi...
The Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia (TSK) is a self-report questionnaire that is used to assess an individual's fear of movement or re-injury. The TSK consists of 17 items that ask respondents to rate their level of agreement with statements related to the fear of movement or re-injury.
The TSK is ty...
The Pain Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (PSEQ) is a self-report tool that assesses an individual's beliefs in their ability to perform activities and manage their pain effectively. The PSEQ consists of 10 items that ask respondents to rate their confidence in performing specific activities despite pain...
The Fear-Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire (FABQ) is a self-report questionnaire used to assess an individual's beliefs about the relationship between their pain and physical activity. Specifically, the questionnaire assesses an individual's level of fear-avoidance beliefs related to physical activity...
The Orebro Musculoskeletal Pain Screening Questionnaire is a tool used to screen and identify individuals with musculoskeletal pain who are at risk of developing long-term disability. The questionnaire was developed in Sweden and is widely used by healthcare professionals, particularly physiotherapi...
The Allen Test and Modified Allen Test assess visible hand reperfusion after temporary occlusion of radial and ulnar arterial flow. They are used as screening tools for hand collateral circulation, especially before procedures involving the radial artery. However, literature has questioned whether A...
Wrist Tinel’s Test assesses whether tapping over the median nerve at the carpal tunnel reproduces familiar median nerve symptoms. A 2023 meta-analysis reported pooled sensitivity of 0.45 and specificity of 0.78 for Tinel’s sign in carpal tunnel syndrome, suggesting low sensitivity and higher specifi...
The Supination Lift Test assesses whether a loaded wrist position reproduces familiar ulnar-sided wrist pain, commonly in suspected triangular fibrocartilage complex involvement. The client places the palm under a table or similar surface and attempts to lift upward, loading the wrist in supination ...
