Going beyond Activity and Participation: Development of the DIF-CHUM-A patient-reported outcome measure for individuals with Dupuytren's contracture.

Study Design: This is a cross-sectional clinical measurement.

Introduction: There are currently no Dupuytren's contracture (DC)-specific, patient-reported outcomes (PROs) that can provide a thorough clinical portrait of the patients' perceptions with regard to the execution of regular activities.

Purpose Of The Study: The purpose of this study was to present the development of the Dupuytren's contracture Impact on Function-Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (DIF-CHUM), a DC-specific PRO.

Development and clinimetric evaluation of the mouth impairment and disability assessment (MIDA).

Introduction: Burns of the face and mouth region have a profound impact on function. Currently the outcome measure that is most commonly used in the burn care literature is horizontal and vertical opening. Impairment-based outcomes such as this do not capture the functional implications of these injuries in spite of the devastating impact they can have on burn survivor's lives.

Psychometric evaluation of the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) with Dupuytren's contracture: validity evidence using Rasch modeling.

Background: Dupuytren's contracture is a progressive, fibroproliferative disorder that causes fixed finger contractures and can lead to disability. With the advances of new therapeutic interventions, the necessity to assess the functional repercussions of this condition using valid, reliable and sensitive outcome measures is of growing interest. The Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) is one frequently used patient-reported outcome measure but its reliability and validity have never been demonstrated specifically for a population affected with Dupuytren's contracture.

Comparison of generic patient-reported outcome measures used with upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders: linking process using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF).

Objective: To report the theoretical foundation of generic patient-reported outcomes for measuring functioning related to upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders and perform content coverage analysis and content comparison using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF).

Methods: A literature search was performed to identify commonly used patient-reported outcomes. A comparison of their theoretical foundations and a linking exercise between the measures' meaningful concepts and the ICF and Brief ICF Core Set for Hand Conditions was accomplished based on established rules.

Bilateral thumb's active range of motion and strength in de Quervain's disease: comparison with a normal sample.

The aims of the present study were to characterize the thumb active range of motion (AROM) and strength impairments resulting from unilateral de Quervain's disease; to verify the adequacy of standard clinical assessment tools to quantify impairments resulting from this pathology; and to validate the utilization of the asymptomatic thumb as a reference to quantify the symptomatic thumb's deficits by comparing the performances of asymptomatic to control thumbs. The thumb's AROM and strength were evaluated bilaterally in 31 participants with unilateral de Quervain's disease and 18 control participants using clinical assessments involving the flexors and adductors of the thumb and experimental assessment devices measuring strength and mobility in several directions of the thumb's movements. A comparison was made between the results obtained from the symptomatic, asymptomatic, and control thumbs.