Table 5 Responsiveness of LES compared with DASH, OES, MEPS and SF-36
From: Validation of the Liverpool Elbow Score for evaluation of elbow stiffness
Questionnaires | Mean (SD) | P value | ES | SRM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Preoperative | Follow-up | Change | ||||
LES | ||||||
 TOTAL | 5.7 (1.3) | 8.8 (0.8) | 3.1 (1.4) | < 0.001 | 2.80 (L) | 2.24 (L) |
 PAQ | 3.4 (1.1) | 5.5 (0.5) | 2.1 (1.2) | < 0.001 | 2.34 (L) | 1.78 (L) |
 CAS | 2.3 (0.4) | 3.3 (0.3) | 1.0 (0.4) | < 0.001 | 2.90 (L) | 2.34 (L) |
 EMC | 3.9 (1.2) | 6.9 (0.7) | 3.0 (1.3) | < 0.001 | 2.92 (L) | 2.35 (L) |
 ERS | 1.8 (0.2) | 1.9 (0.2) | 0.1 (0.2) | 0.001 | 0.55 (M) | 0.52 (M) |
DASH | ||||||
 TOTAL | 35 (18) | 8 (9) | 27 (18) | < 0.001 | 1.96 (L) | 1.51 (L) |
 EMC | 27 (15) | 5 (8) | 22 (15) | < 0.001 | 1.90 (L) | 1.48 (L) |
 ERS | 7 (4) | 3 (2) | 4 (4) | < 0.001 | 1.41 (L) | 1.04 (L) |
OES | ||||||
 TOTAL | 61 (16) | 88 (9) | 27 (17) | < 0.001 | 2.12 (L) | 1.65 (L) |
 EMC | 65 (19) | 95 (11) | 30 (19) | < 0.001 | 1.99 (L) | 1.61 (L) |
 ERS | 74 (19) | 86 (11) | 13 (20) | < 0.001 | 0.81 (L) | 0.63 (M) |
MEPS | ||||||
 TOTAL | 65 (12) | 88 (7) | 23 (14) | < 0.001 | 2.32 (L) | 1.72 (L) |
 EMC | 23 (10) | 44 (2) | 22 (10) | < 0.001 | 2.87 (L) | 2.11 (L) |
 ERS | 42 (8) | 44 (6) | 2 (8) | 0.064 | 0.26 (S) | 0.21 (S) |
SF-36 | ||||||
 PCS | 60 (17) | 82 (17) | 22 (26) | < 0.001 | 1.28 (L) | 0.83 (L) |
 MCS | 53 (20) | 78 (18) | 24 (25) | < 0.001 | 1.28 (L) | 0.98 (L) |