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Table 2 Summary of studies addressing psychometrics properties of the outcomes instruments for nerve repair

From: Functional, motor, and sensory assessment instruments upon nerve repair in adult hands: systematic review of psychometric properties

Study

N

Population

Instrument

Psychometrics properties

Jerosch-Herold [47]

14

14 median nerve injuries

Set of sensory tests: S2PD, M2PD, LOCAL, Modified Pickup test Moberg, Object recognition, ADL

Reliability, validity

Brandsma et al. [60]

28

Leprosy disease and nerve injuries

Manual muscle strength test for specific movements related to hand intrinsic muscles

Reliability: inter/intraobserver

Rosén [61]

25

15 median, 10 ulnar nerve injuries

Set of tests: sensory function /perception of touch/vibration: Semmes-Weistein Monofilaments, vibrations of 30 and 256 Hz; Tactile gnosis: localization of constant and moving touch, S2PD, M2PD, shape-identification test; motor function tests: dynamometer; integrated sensory and motor function tests: Modified Pickup test Moberg, Sollerman grip test; cold intolerance test and hypersensitivity (qualitative); neurophysiological tests: electroneurography, electromyography

Construct validity

Rosén Lundborg [55]

54

26 median, 19 ulnar, 7 combined

STI test ™

Reliability: test-retest, internal consistency, validity

Rosén, Jerosh-Herold [59]

32

32 median and/or ulnar

S2PD, STI test ™

Responsiveness

Rosén, Lundborg [24]

70

34 median, 27 ulnar, 9 combined

Rosén-Lundborg score (sensory, motor and pain/discomfort domains)

Reliability: test-retest, internal consistency, construct validity (concurrent)

Jerosch-Herold [57]

115

23 median and ulnar nerve injuries

Set of sensory tests: WEST, S2PD, M2PD, LOCAL, modified pickup test Moberg, object recognition

Responsiveness

Rosén [56]

91

35 median, 23 ulnar

STI test™

Reliability: inter-tester

Schreuders et al. [48]

27

11 median, 9 ulnar, 7 combined

RIMH™

Reliability

Jerosch-Herold et al. [54]

39

23 median and 16 ulnar nerve injuries

Locognosia test

Reliability: test-retest, construct validity (discriminant)

Carlsson et al. [49]

159

54 nerve injuries

3 cold sensitivity questionnaires: CISS,CSS,PWES

Reliability: test-retest, internal consistency, content and construct validity

Dias et al. [50]

100

26 nerve injuries(1 ulnar, 25 median)

3 questionnaires: PEM, MHQ, DASH

Reliability: reproducibility/test-retest, internal consistency, construct validity

Naidu et al. [52]

94 hand and wrist problems

1 nerve injury

HAT, DASH, SF12

Reliability: test-retest, internal consistency, construct validity (convergent and discriminant)

Packham, MacDermid [53]

264

14.4% nerve injury/repair

PRWHE and subscales

Test-retest reliability and content

Chen et al. [51]

300

7 median, 6 ulnar, 9 radial nerve

DASH-CHNPLAGH

Translation and cultural adaptation, test-rest reliability and construct validity

Hsu et al. [58]

30

04 median, 11 digital nerve

MTT, SWM, S2PD, M2PD

Concurrent validity

  1. CISS Cold Intolerance Symptom Severity, CSS Cold Sensitivity Severity, PWES Potential Work Exposure Scale, PEM Patient Evaluation Measure, MHQ Michigan Hand Outcome Questionnaire, DASH disabilities of the arm, shoulder and hand, DASH-CHNPLAGH simple Chinese version of DASH, PRWHE Patient-Rated Wrist and Hand Evaluation, S2PD static two-point discrimination, M2PD moving two-point discrimination, LOCAL area localization, ADL activities of daily living, WEST touch threshold test, HAT hand assessment tool, SF12 Health Survey (Short Form 12), STI test™ Shape and Texture Identification test, RIMH™ Rotterdam Intrinsic Hand Myometer, MTT manual tactile test
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