2020 • Conference Paper
Manual Ability in Hand Surgery Patients: Validation of the ABILHAND Scale in Four Diagnostic Groups
Authors:
El Khoury, Ghady,
Libouton, Xavier,
Thonnard, Jean-Louis,
Lefèvre, Philippe ,
Penta, Massimo,
Barbier, Olivier
Published in:
75th Annual Meeting of the ASSH
HYPOTHESIS : Hand surgery (HS) outcomes are measured to assess treatment results, complication risks and intervention reliability. Quantitative analysis of functional recovery requires a unidimensional, linear scale. The goal of this study was to adapt the ABILHAND questionnaire through Rasch analysis for use specifically in HS patients and to examine the validity of the resultant instrument. [...]