No need to use both Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand and Constant-Murley score in studies of midshaft clavicular fractures.

ABSTRACT: Background and purpose - Most newer randomized studies examining plate fixation and nonoperative treatment of midshaft clavicular fractures utilize both Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) and Constant-Murley score (CS) in the evaluation of patient outcomes. Compared with DASH, the use of CS requires on-site trained personnel and patient visits to obtain the score. The use of both DASH and CS should provide extra value compared with the use of a single functional outcome score; if this value is not provided, the combined use is not necessary. We evaluated the agreement between DASH and CS in patients with displaced midshaft clavicular fractures.Patients and methods - We used prospectively collected data from 146 patients enrolled in a randomized study comparing operative and

SUBMITTER: Qvist AH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9897629 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature