Development and preliminary validation of a Function IndeX for Trauma (FIX-IT)
Author(s) -
Mohit Bhandari,
Scott M. Wasserman,
Nicole Yurgin,
Brad Petrisor,
Sheila Sprague,
Ricardo Dent
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
canadian journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.609
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1488-2310
pISSN - 0008-428X
DOI - 10.1503/cjs.004312
Subject(s) - medicine , inter rater reliability , intraclass correlation , orthopedic surgery , physical therapy , reliability (semiconductor) , confidence interval , major trauma , psychometrics , surgery , clinical psychology , statistics , rating scale , power (physics) , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics
Assessing fracture healing in clinical trials is subjective. The new Function IndeX for Trauma (FIX-IT) score provides a simple, standardized approach to assess weight-bearing and pain in patients with lower extremity fractures. We conducted an initial validation of the FIX-IT score.
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