Why are the DASH and QuickDASH not specific to the patients affected limb?
A. The DASH and QuickDASH evaluate upper-limb disability and symptoms. Items are not attributed to the affected limb because at the level of disability, as defined by the Disablement Process (Jette 1994; Verbrugge 1994),we want to know an individual’s ability to do activities regardless of which arm, shoulder or hand they use. The intent of the DASH and QuickDASH is to determine how much difficulty a patient has when doing an activity, regardless of how it is done.
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