An evaluation of the Constant-Murley shoulder assessment.

Journal article

We have analysed the Constant-Murley (1987) assessment for 25 patients with shoulder pathology. We found the score easy to use, with low inter- and intraobserver errors, but sufficiently imprecise in repeated measurements to give concern in its use for clinical follow-up of patients. We have calculated 95% confidence limits for a single assessment to be within 16 to 20 points in most cases. In addition, we found that all our subjects with instability as their main problem scored within five p...

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Authors: Conboy, V; Morris, R; Kiss, J; Carr, A

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Journal of bone and joint surgery. British volume
• Volume: 78
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 229-232
• Publication date: 1996-03-01
• ISSN: 0301-620X
• Language: English
• Keywords: Treatment Outcome; Humans; Observer Variation; Shoulder Joint; Confidence Intervals; Sensitivity and Specificity; Joint Diseases