Content and psychometric evaluations of questionnaires for assessing physical function in people with arm-shoulder-hand disorders. A systematic review of the literature.

The level of psychometric evaluation differs, and often only a few aspects of validity and reliability have been tested. The questionnaires address activity issues to a higher extent than function.IMPLICATIONS FOR REHABILITATIONThis review investigates the content and quality of nine ASH questionnaires.The questionnaires addressed activity issues to a higher extent than function.The level of psychometric testing of the questionnaires differed.DASH, Quick-DASH, and SPADI were the questionnaires that were most often evaluated with various psychometric tests, and with adequate results.