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Self-Assessment of Treatment Outcomes in Shoulder Arthroscopy

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The assessment of outcomes after any type of surgery can be categorized in a variety of different ways. Simply put, the outcome of a procedure can be anything that is measured or observed. It can range from something as simple as measuring shoulder range of motion using a goniometer in a single plane, to a complex, multifaceted, disease-specific, health-related quality-of-life outcome questionnaire.

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Mohtadi, N.G.H. (2014). Self-Assessment of Treatment Outcomes in Shoulder Arthroscopy. In: Milano, G., Grasso, A. (eds) Shoulder Arthroscopy. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5427-3_51

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