Quick-DASH as a main early outcome of humeral shaft fractures: A Latin American multicenter prospective study.
William Dias BelangeroCarlos Miguel ZublinRenny Augusto Cardenas QuinteroFabio Alfonso Suarez RomeroHélio Jorge Alvachian FernandesSergio Nicolas Martinez SiekavizzaGuillermo Francisco Sánchez RosenbergMatheus Lemos AziIgor Escalante ElguezabaGerardo BadellGuilherme MourariaKodi Edson KojimaMiguel TrianaJose Antonio Prieto MereManuel Jose Malaret BaldoJosé Ricardo Lenzi MariolaniPublished in: Journal of orthopaedic surgery (Hong Kong) (2021)
The high correlation between Quick-DASH score and patient satisfaction and functional outcome indicates that the Quick-DASH questionnaire is a suitable tool for evaluating adult humeral shaft fracture outcomes. Patients with a Quick-DASH score below 15 could be considered recovered, and patients with a Quick-DASH score above 40 could be considered not yet recovered. Quick-DASH scores were not significantly associated with radiographic fracture healing.