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The development and evaluation of a disease-specific quality-of-life questionnaire for disorders of the rotator cuff: The Western Ontario Rotator Cuff Index.
Clin J Sport Med
March 2003
Fowler Kennedy Sport Medicine Clinic, University of Western Onatario, London, Canada.
Objective: The purpose of this study was to develop a valid and reliable disease-specific quality-of-life measurement tool for patients with rotator cuff disease.
Design: Health-related quality-of-life measurement tool development.
Methods: Methodology for the development and evaluation of the tool included the following: 1) identification of a specific patient population, 2) generation of potential items, 3) item reduction, 4) pretesting the prototype instrument, 5) determination of reliability, and 6) validation.