Outcomes Assessment Studies

Using Data to Improve Medical Practice by Measuring Processes and Outcomes of Care; Nelson EC, Splaine ME, Godfrey MM, Kahn V, Hess A, Batalden P, Plumee SD; Dartmouth Medical School, USA; Jt Comm J Qual Improv. 2000 Dec;26 (12): 667-85

24-item Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire was preferred out of six functional status questionnaires for post-lumbar disc surgery; Raymond W.J.G. Ostelo, Henrica C.W. de Vet, Dirk L. Knol, Piet A. van den Brandt; EMGO Institute, VU Medical Center; J Clin Epidemiol, 2004 Mar; 57(3):268-76

Subjective and Objective Numerical Outcome Measure Assessment (SONOMA). A Combined Outcome Measure Tool: findings on a study of reliability; Harcourt BT, Wijesinha M, Harcourt GE; Pennsylvania State University, York, USA; J Manipulative Physio Ther. 2003 Oct; 26(8):481-92

Cervical Spine Outcomes Questionnaire: its development and physchometric properties; BenDebba M, Heller J, Ducker TB, Eisinger JM; Department of Neurosurgery, John Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA; Spine. 2002 Oct.1;27(19):2116-23

Diagnostic Evaluation of Low Back Pain; Carragee EJ, Hannibal M.; Stanford University School of Medicine, 300 Pasteur Drive, Room R171, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Orthop Clin North Am. 2004 Jan;35(1):7-16

Standard Scales for Measurement of Functional Outcome for Cervical Pain or Dysfunction: a systematic review; Pietrobon R, Coeytaux RR, Carey TS, Richardson WJ, DeVellis RF; Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA; Spine. 2002 Mar 1;27(20):2299-301

Functional Outcomes of Low Back Pain: Comparison of Four Treatment Groups in Randomized Controlled Trial; Chang-Yu J, Hsieh, D.C., Reed B Phillips, Ph.D., D.C., Alan H. Adams, D.C., Malcolm H. Pope, Ph.D; Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, Volume 15, Number 1, January, 1992, 0161-4754/92/1501-004

Objective Assessment of Spine Function Following Industrial Injury: A Prospective Study with Comparison Group and One-Year Follow-Up; Tom G. Mayer, MD, Robert J Gatchel, PhD, Nancy Kishino, ORT, Janice Keeley, PT, Patricia Capra, Ph.D., Holly Mayer, MPH, RN, Jim Barnett, MA, Vert Mooney, MD; University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas and Productive Rehabilitation Institute of Dallas for Ergonomics, Dallas, TX; December 3, 1984; 1985 Volvo Award in Clinical Sciences.

Building Measurement and Data Collection into Medical Practice; Eugene C. Nelson, DSc, MPH, Mark E. Splaine, MD, MS, Paul B. Batalden, MD, Stephen K. Plume, MD; Annals of Internal Medicine; 15 March 1998/ Volume 128 Issue 6 / Pages 460-466

The Relationship of Disability (Oswestry) and Pain Drawings to Functional Testing; D.D. Ohnmeiss, Heikki Vanharanta, Ann-Mair Estlander, Ari Jamsen; European Spine Journal 2000; 9 (3): 208-212