Simple Shoulder Test.
Last updated Thursday, February 10, 2005
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Figure 9 - Twelve basic functions Origins of the simple shoulder test
The Simple Shoulder Test questions were derived from the common
complaints of patients presenting to the University of Washington
Shoulder Service for evaluation.Patient's own evaluation It is important that the patient answer these questions without
assistance: it is the patient's own evaluation of his or her shoulder
function that is wanted. Because the patient is the consistent
evaluator of the shoulder, concern about inter observer variability is
eliminated. The SST reflects the status of the shoulder in functional
terms, rather than in degrees of motion, appearance of radiographs or
isokinetic torque measurements. If the situation requires, we can add
questions to the original twelve, keeping the minimal data set intact.
For example in studying high performance athletes, we add to the basic
SST such questions as: "Does your shoulder allow you to pitch (or
serve) with your usual speed and control?" "Does your shoulder allow
you to swim your normal workout?" "Does your shoulder allow you to
compete at the varsity level in your sport?"
Prior to the clinical introduction of the Simple Shoulder Test we
verified that almost all normal patients aged 60 to 70 years were able
to perform the twelve basic functions. Subsequently, we have used the
Simple Shoulder Test on thousands of clinical occasions.
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