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World J Orthop. Mar 18, 2012; 3(3): 20-24
Published online Mar 18, 2012. doi: 10.5312/wjo.v3.i3.20
Evaluation of utility in shoulder pathology: Correlating the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons and Constant scores to the EuroQoL
Blaine T Bafus, Richard E Hughes, Bruce S Miller, James E Carpenter
Blaine T Bafus, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44115-2325, United States
Richard E Hughes, Bruce S Miller, James E Carpenter, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2200, United States
Author contributions: Bafus BT, Hughes RE, Carpenter JE and Miller BS were all involved in the conceptualization of project, design of the project and interpretation of the results; all reviewed and approved the final manuscript; Bafus BT collected all of the data, computed descriptive statistics, and wrote the manuscript; Hughes RE performed the correlations and multivariate statistical modeling; Hughes RE also wrote the statistical analysis sections of the manuscript.
Supported by Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Michigan
Correspondence to: Richard E Hughes, PhD, Laboratory for Optimization and Computation in Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Michigan, 2003 Biomedical Science Research Building, 109 Zina Pitcher Pl, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2200, United States. rehughes@med.umich.edu
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Received: November 18, 2011
Revised: January 29, 2012
Accepted: March 3, 2012
Published online: March 18, 2012
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