The Southampton Examination Schedule for the diagnosis of musculoskeletal disorders of the upper limb
The Southampton Examination Schedule for the diagnosis of musculoskeletal disorders of the upper limb
Background: the optimum classification of upper limb disorders (ULDs) remains a cause of debate. Recent effortsto address the issue have focused on translating the consensus criteria of experts into workable protocols for use infield epidemiology.
Objectives: this paper describes the development and assessment of one such protocol, theSouthampton Examination Schedule for ULDs.
Results and conclusions: in the absence of a reliable gold standard,the schedule has so far been evaluated in terms of its repeatability within and between-observers in clinicaland community settings, and in terms of its capacity to distinguish groups with different severity of disease, differenttreatment needs, different risk factors and different prognoses. Findings to date are briefly summarised. Themost pressing future goal in this field is for researchers to collect data on the component elements of diagnosis accordingto common evidence-based standards such as the Southampton Schedule in order to facilitate communication, theeffective pooling of data and the empirical assessment of alternative choices of case definition.
physical examination, disease, occupational diseases, methods, treatment, paper, research support, review, risk factors, classification, humans, communication
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Palmer, K.T.
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March 2007
Palmer, K.T.
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Palmer, K.T.
(2007)
The Southampton Examination Schedule for the diagnosis of musculoskeletal disorders of the upper limb.
La Medicina del Lavoro, 98 (2), .
(doi:10.23749/mdl.v98i2.1803).
Abstract
Background: the optimum classification of upper limb disorders (ULDs) remains a cause of debate. Recent effortsto address the issue have focused on translating the consensus criteria of experts into workable protocols for use infield epidemiology.
Objectives: this paper describes the development and assessment of one such protocol, theSouthampton Examination Schedule for ULDs.
Results and conclusions: in the absence of a reliable gold standard,the schedule has so far been evaluated in terms of its repeatability within and between-observers in clinicaland community settings, and in terms of its capacity to distinguish groups with different severity of disease, differenttreatment needs, different risk factors and different prognoses. Findings to date are briefly summarised. Themost pressing future goal in this field is for researchers to collect data on the component elements of diagnosis accordingto common evidence-based standards such as the Southampton Schedule in order to facilitate communication, theeffective pooling of data and the empirical assessment of alternative choices of case definition.
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Accepted/In Press date: 1 March 2007
Published date: March 2007
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physical examination, disease, occupational diseases, methods, treatment, paper, research support, review, risk factors, classification, humans, communication
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/62036
ISSN: 0025-7818
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