Sports Medicine Patient-Reported Outcomes Fail to Meet National Institutes of Health (NIH) and American Medical Association (AMA) Recommended Reading Levels.

Purpose: To evaluate the readability of commonly used patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in the sports medicine literature to determine if they meet the recommended reading levels set by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the American Medical Association (AMA).

Methods: A readability analysis was conducted on 26 PROMs commonly used in the sports medicine literature. Primary readability metrics used were the Flesch Reading Ease Score (FRES) and the Simple Measure of Gobbledygook (SMOG) Index.

Effect of fusion and arthroplasty for cervical degenerative disc disease in patients with physically demanding occupations.

Background: Cervical degenerative disc disease (DDD) significantly affects the quality of life in labor-intensive careers. When conservative measures fail, either anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) or cervical disc arthroplasty (CDA) may be indicated. Although ACDF is the gold standard, it can limit motion, whereas CDA preserves motion and may reduce adjacent segment disease (ASD).

Leveraging ChatGPT to Produce Patient Education Materials for Common Hand Conditions.

Purpose: Many adults in the United States possess basic or below basic health literacy skills, making it essential for patient education materials (PEMs) to be presented at or below a sixth-grade reading level. We evaluate the readability of PEMs generated by ChatGPT 3.5 and 4.

Readability of foot and ankle patient-reported outcomes: Alignment with National institutes of health and american medical association standards.

Patient-reported outcome measures are essential tools for assessing surgical interventions, capturing patient perspectives on functionality, symptoms, and quality of life. However, ensuring that these measures are easily understandable is crucial for accurate patient responses. The National Institutes of Health and American Medical Association recommend that patient materials be written at or below a sixth-grade reading level.

Mid-term outcomes of elbow hemiarthroplasty using the triceps-on approach for comminuted distal humerus fractures.

Background: There has been an increasing interest in elbow hemiarthroplasty to circumvent the problems with total elbow arthroplasty for comminuted distal humerus fractures in the elderly. The primary aim of the study is to assess the mid-term clinical and radiological outcomes of patients undergoing TEA and hemiarthroplasty for distal humerus fractures.

Methods: Retrospective analysis of data for patients undergoing hemiarthroplasty for distal humerus fractures (OTA- C3 Comminuted total articular fractures) was done.