2nd Edition
Outcome Measures in Orthopaedics and Orthopaedic Trauma, 2Ed
398 Pages
by
CRC Press
384 Pages
by
CRC Press
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Orthopaedics and orthopaedic trauma are highly complex subjects that can prove difficult to quantify, but accurate measurement is required for setting standards of care and for assessing the severity of an injury. This book will help the reader assess outcome instruments, and provides many references to sources of instruments and techniques to use. It aims to assist the reader in making an... Read more
Choosing an outcome measure
A Systematic approach to developing comparative health outcome indicators
Economic evaluation
Randomised controlled trials
Register studies
Measures of health status, health-related quality of life and patient satisfaction
The measures of pain
Trauma severity indices
Complications
Outcome after blast, missile and gunshot wounds
Deformity and cosmesis
Growth plate injuries
Peripheral nerve injuries
Spine and spinal cord
Shoulder and elbow
The wrist
The hand
Pelvic and acetabular fractures
Femoral head and neck and the hip joint
Tibial and femoral shafts
The knee
The ankle and hind foot
The foot
A Systematic approach to developing comparative health outcome indicators
Economic evaluation
Randomised controlled trials
Register studies
Measures of health status, health-related quality of life and patient satisfaction
The measures of pain
Trauma severity indices
Complications
Outcome after blast, missile and gunshot wounds
Deformity and cosmesis
Growth plate injuries
Peripheral nerve injuries
Spine and spinal cord
Shoulder and elbow
The wrist
The hand
Pelvic and acetabular fractures
Femoral head and neck and the hip joint
Tibial and femoral shafts
The knee
The ankle and hind foot
The foot
Biography
Paul B. Pynsent, Director, Research and Teaching Centre, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham; Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Medical Sciences, University of Birmingham; and Visiting Professor of Medical Engineering, University of Wolverhampton, UK
Jeremy C.T. Fairbank, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford; and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer in Orthopaedics, University of Oxford, UK
Andrew J. Carr, Nuffield Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Oxford; and Honorary Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, UK
This text gives an authoritative overview of instruments and techniques used for outcome measures with advice on their optimum usage...for anyone who is conducting clinical audit, research or is interested in standards of care and their measurement then this book provides an invaluable synopsis of this topic and a base line for further ideas and development.
Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
