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When Do Patients Achieve Promis Milestones Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction?, Kareem Elhage, Nikhil R. Yedull, Nabil Mehta, David N. Bernstein, Eric C. Makhni Jan 2021

When Do Patients Achieve Promis Milestones Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction?, Kareem Elhage, Nikhil R. Yedull, Nabil Mehta, David N. Bernstein, Eric C. Makhni

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National Institutes of Health (NIH) Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) computer adaptive test (CAT) assessments have become increasingly utilized within sports medicine due to their efficient administration and favorable correlation with traditional patient reported outcome measures (PROMs). One key advantage of CAT forms is the ability to draw from hundreds of item bank questions while utilizing very few questions in order to produce an accurate quantitative health measurement for the patient.



The Computer Adaptive Tests (CAT) algorithm assigns questions based on previous answers by the patient. The purpose of this study is to utilize this feature of the PROMIS …