Comparison Between the Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA) Score and Patient-Reported JOA (PRO-JOA) Score to Evaluate Surgical Outcomes of Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy.
Yasushi OshimaKatsushi TakeshitaSo KatoToru DoiYoshitaka MatsubayashiYuki TaniguchiKoji NakajimaFumihiko OguchiNaoki OkamotoRyuji SakamotoSakae TanakaPublished in: Global spine journal (2020)
PRO-JOA score can also be used as a disease-specific scoring measure instead of JOA score. However, although both measures demonstrate a similar trend as a group analysis, PRO-JOA and JOA scores should be regarded as different outcomes.