Development of the cervical myelopathy severity index: a new patient reported outcome measure to quantify impairments and functional limitations
AK Malhotra, Y He, EM Harrington, BNR Jaja, MP Zhu… - The Spine Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Context Existing degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) severity
scales have significant shortcomings, creating a strong impetus for the development of a
practical measurement tool with sound psychometric properties. Purpose This work reports
the item generation and reduction of the Cervical Myelopathy Severity Index (CMSI), a new
DCM patient-reported outcome measure of symptoms and functional limitations. Design
Prospective observational study. Patient Sample Adult DCM patients belonging to one of …
scales have significant shortcomings, creating a strong impetus for the development of a
practical measurement tool with sound psychometric properties. Purpose This work reports
the item generation and reduction of the Cervical Myelopathy Severity Index (CMSI), a new
DCM patient-reported outcome measure of symptoms and functional limitations. Design
Prospective observational study. Patient Sample Adult DCM patients belonging to one of …