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	Rotator Cuff Quality of Life Index	American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Score
Ämnesområde	Idrottsmedicin	Idrottsmedicin
Familj	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Ursprungsår	1998	1994
Upphovsperson	Rotator cuff outcome measurement literature consensus	American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (ASES) Committee
Typ	Patient self-report	Patient self-report with clinician assessment components
Ursprungskälla	Lippitt SB, Harryman DT, Matsen FA III. A practical tool for evaluating function: The Simple Shoulder Test. In: Matsen FA III, Fu FH, Hawkins RJ, eds. The Shoulder: A Balance of Mobility and Stability. Rosemont, IL: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons; 1993.	Richards RR, An KN, Bigliani LU, et al. A standardized method for the assessment of shoulder function. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 1994;3(6):347-352.
Alias	RC-QoL, Rotator Cuff Quality of Life	ASES, ASES Shoulder Score
Närliggande	4	4
Sammanfattning	The Rotator Cuff Quality of Life Index (RC-QoL) is a rotator cuff-specific outcome instrument that measures symptom impact and functional limitations in patients with rotator cuff disease. Developed within rotator cuff treatment literature, the RC-QoL captures the physical, emotional, and social burden of rotator cuff pathology—pain, functional limitations, sleep disturbance, psychological distress—providing a patient-centered perspective on disease impact beyond mechanical function alone. The RC-QoL is widely used in rotator cuff repair and conservative management outcome studies.	The American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (ASES) Standardized Assessment Form is a hybrid outcome instrument combining patient self-report and clinician assessment to evaluate shoulder function and pain. Developed by the ASES Committee in 1994 and published in the Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, the ASES Score has become the standard shoulder outcome measure in orthopedic and sports medicine settings, widely used in clinical trials, surgical registries, and longitudinal outcomes tracking.