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Measures of adult shoulder function: Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand Questionnaire (DASH) and its short version (QuickDASH), Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (SPADI), American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (ASES) Society standardized shoulder assessment form, Constant (Murley) Score (CS), Simple Shoulder Test (SST), Oxford Shoulder Score (OSS), Shoulder Disability Questionnaire (SDQ), and Western Ontario Shoulder Instability Index (WOSI)

The American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons score has excellent correlation with the Western Ontario Osteoarthritis score

Validation of a Mobile Version of the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Standardized Shoulder Assessment Form: An Observational Randomized Crossover Trial

Spanish translation and cross-language validation of the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Standardized Shoulder Assessment Form

The American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Elbow Questionnaire: cross-cultural adaptation into German and evaluation of its psychometric properties 

Translation and cultural adaptation to the portuguese language of the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Standardized Shoulder assessment form (ASES) for evaluation of shoulder function

Patient self-assessment section (patient ASES [pASES]) and a section to be completed by the examiner (clinical ASES [cASES] or, more precisely, ASES-examiner). The pASES form is divided into 3 sections: pain (6 items), instability (2 items), and ADL (10 items for both sides each). The cASES has 4 parts (each for left and right): range of motion (5 items, each passive and active), signs (11 items), strength (5 items), and instability (8 items + 1 open question).

Binary (yes/no) answers for pain and instability, visual analog scales (VAS) for pain and instability (where 0  = best and 10= worst), and 4-point ordinal Likert scale for function (where 0 = unable to do, 1 = very difficult, 2 = somewhat difficult, and 3= not difficult).

The pASES total score  = ((10 - VAS pain) x 5) + (5/3  x sum of ADL items). The instability items and the remaining 5 pain items do not contribute to the pASES total score. Determination of the cASES was not described originally; 1 solution, using 2 of 3 of the completed items to determine the scores, is given in 1 study

There was a high agreement between the paper and mobile versions of the ASES questionnaire (ICC=0.979, 95% CI 0.943-0.987; P<.001). The mean difference between the scores of the mobile and paper versions was 1.0, and only 1/46 (2%) had a difference greater than the minimal clinically important difference of 12 points. About 75% of patients preferred the mobile version to the paper version.