Considerations of throwing athletes with upper extremity injury when completing the Single Assessment Numeric Evaluation (SANE).

Context: The Single Assessment Numeric Evaluation (SANE) is a widely used patient-reported outcome (PRO) measure that provides an efficient, but limited view of patient perceptions of health. Knowledge of what throwing athletes with upper extremity injury consider when answering the SANE would inform score interpretation and increase its value for clinical decision-making in this patient population.

Objective: To investigate the global rating of the SANE and its ability to capture constructs of health reflected in patient-reported outcome measures that are commonly used in throwing athletes with upper extremity sport-related injury.