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Concurrent Validation Of The Dash And The Quickdash In Comparison To Neck-Specific Scales In Patients With Neck Pain, Saurabh Mehta, Joy Macdermid, Lisa Carlesso, Colleen Mcphee

Saurabh Mehta

Study Design. Concurrent validity study. Objective. To examine the validity of the Disabilities of Arm, Shoulder, and Hand (DASH) and the QuickDASH in patients with neck pain in comparison with the Neck Disability Index (NDI), the Cervical Spine Outcome Questionnaire (CSOQ), and the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) for pain. To examine the agreement between the DASH and the QuickDASH and assess whether the QuickDASH can be used instead of full DASH in patients with neck pain. Summary of Background Data. NDI is commonly used for measuring neck-related disability in patients with neck pain; but it does not offer to assess …