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:
<ul>
<li>What outcomes are important to patients and clinicians? </li>
<li>Which questions are used to build a specific outcomes instrument? </li>
<li>How is a specific instrument scored? </li>
<li>Is it completed by the clinician or the patient? </li>
<li>Has the instrument undergone validity or reliability testing? </li>
<li>In what population was it validated, and how did it perform? </li>
</ul>
The book is divided into the following core domains including function, pain, disability (physical), disability (psychosocial), patient satisfaction, and general health. Each instrument is displayed on two side-by-side pages with a summary of its content; a summary of any validity, reliability, or responsiveness; a score for clinical utility; and an overall score. More than 400 easy-to-read charts, tables, and color graphics facilitate comprehension of core concepts.
Spine Outcomes Measures and Instruments is an invaluable tool for spine surgeons, neurosurgeons, and orthopedic surgeons who treat patients with spine conditions. Physiatrists, family practice physicians, rheumatologists, musculoskeletal pain specialists, nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists, and other health professionals who encounter outcomes instruments will also appreciate the comprehensive scope of this text.

Spine Outcomes Measures and Instruments

Medical Books

Norvell, Daniel C.

Dettori, Joseph R.

Chapman, Jens

Hanson, Beate P.

Medicine

Thieme Medical Pub

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, provides ratings and critical evaluations of pertinent strengths and weaknesses in a concise and systematic fashion and provides help in:
<ul>
<li>Studying spinal disease conditions </li>
<li>Preparing informed treatment decisions </li>
<li>Communicating individual patient disease severity </li>
<li>Evaluating publications regarding treatment results and success </li>
<li>Formulating spinal research projects </li>
<li>Providing a scientific reference tool</li>
</ul>
The book is divided into two major systems
Disease severity:
<ul>
<li>General disease severity</li>
<li>Instability </li>
<li>Osteoporosis </li>
<li>Stenosis</li>
<li>Spinal deformity</li>
<li>Degenerative disorders </li>
<li>Infection</li>
<li>Tumor </li>
<li>Heterotopic ossification </li>
</ul>
Trauma severity:
<ul>
<li>General trauma scores </li>
<li>Spinal cord injury </li>
<li>Fracture classifications </li>
</ul>
All identified measures within each category are formally reviewed and displayed in a unique visually friendly manner containing:
<ul>
<li>A one of a kind compendium of high quality diagrams for each severity measure or classification system with unrivaled specificity and detail </li>
<li>The content of each measure and whether it incorporates the critically important ABCDs of disease severity including: an anatomical component, a biomechanical component, a clinical component, and the degree of severity component</li>
<li>A summary of the measures validity, reliability, and predictive ability with corresponding patient populations </li>
<li>An evaluation of each measure using our scoring criteria focusing on methodological rigor and clinical utility </li>
<li>An overall score for each measure rating the instrument's strength with respect to methodology and clinical utility</li>
</ul>

Spine Classifications and Severity Measures (AO-Publishing)

AO Publishing, Davos

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:
<ul>
<li>What outcomes are important to patients and clinicians? </li>
<li>Which questions are used to build a specific outcomes instrument? </li>
<li>How is a specific instrument scored? </li>
<li>Is it completed by the clinician or the patient? </li>
<li>Has the instrument undergone validity or reliability testing? </li>
<li>In what population was it validated, and how did it perform? </li>
</ul>
The book is divided into the following "core" domains including function, pain, disability (physical), disability (psychosocial), patient satisfaction, and general health. Each instrument is displayed on two side-by-side pages with a summary of its content; a summary of any validity, reliability, or responsiveness; a score for clinical utility; and an overall score. More than 400 easy-to-read charts, tables, and color graphics facilitate comprehension of core concepts.
Spine Outcomes Measures and Instruments is an invaluable tool for spine surgeons, neurosurgeons, and orthopedic surgeons who treat patients with spine conditions. Physiatrists, family practice physicians, rheumatologists, musculoskeletal pain specialists, nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists, and other health professionals who encounter outcomes instruments will also appreciate the comprehensive scope of this text.

Spine Outcomes Measures and Instruments (AO-Publishing)

Hanson, Beate

The detail presented in this text will not only serve as a reference, but will also allow the reader to accurately reproduce measurement techniques, thus enhancing inter-physician communication, research of the spine, and improvement of patient care.
In the course of evaluating the patient with spinal disease, a myriad of measurements need to be performed before determining the diagnosis and the severity of the disease process. This text explicitly outlines the measurement of the spine from a clinical, laboratory, and radiographic approach. A detailed description of the actual technique of measurement and the clinical implication are presented with accompanying illustrations. This amalgamation of measurement tools for the spine is a beneficial reference for a wide spectrum of healthcare providers: students, nurses, residents, fellows, and established surgeons.
In addition to its detailed illustrated presentation, each measurement technique has been graded for scientific and clinical utility with a score that specifically grades: interobserver and reliability.

Measurements in Spine Care

Lee, Michael J.

Hermsmeyer, Jeffrey T.

The SMART Approach to Spine Clinical Research is a must-have guide for spine care professionals seeking to make a meaningful contribution to the scientific literature and advance their careers by publishing high-quality clinical research.Planning, conducting, and publishing the results of your clinical research can be a long and arduous journey. The SMART Approach to Spine Clinical Research presents and explains the many interrelated components essential to spine clinical research in an easily accessible way, guiding you step-by-step through the principles and methods of planning and evaluating clinical research. With a special focus on bias reduction and spine-related case examples, this SMART approach represents those essential components:Study questionSearching the literatureStudy designMeasurementsAnalysisResources and fundingTiming Also addressed in the book are special topics such as getting your manuscript published and conducting a meta-analysis. This SMART approach provides a clear and simple road map for the planning, execution, and critical appraisal of clinical research.

SMART Approach to Spine Clinical Research

Skelly, Andrea C