While there are many different scoring systems available for foot and ankle specialists to use to assess or demonstrate the effectiveness of treatments , the AOFAS , while it is an unvali date d scoring system , is the most commonly used scoring system in this review .
This review presents data about commonly used patient reported outcomes systems in foot and ankle surgery .
The goal of this systematic review is to determine the most commonly used outcome measurement tools used by foot and ankle specialists and determine their limitations , such as whether they are vali date d , have floor/ceiling effects , and so on .
Are current foot- and ankle outcome measures appropriate for the evaluation of treatment for osteoarthritis of the ankle?: Evaluation of ceiling effects in foot- and ankle outcome measures.
BACKGROUND Many PROMs used for evaluation of ankle  osteoarthritis  are not vali date d for this purpose . We hypothesize that frequently used PROMs have an early ceiling or floor effect . METHODS We prospect ively collected data from patients with ankle osteoarthritis between 2011 and 2013 . At baseline visit patients completed the Foot and Ankle Outcome Score , the Ankle Osteoarthritis Score , the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society scale , a visual analogue scale for pain and quality of life . Outcomes were analyzed for floor or ceiling effects . RESULTS 197 patients were included in the study . A floor effect was present for the AOFAS and VAS for pain in all groups . Floor and ceiling effect are absent for the FAOS outcome measure for all groups . CONCLUSIONS Physicians should be aware of floor or ceiling effects when evaluating treatment using patient reported outcome measures . The FAOS outcome measure lacks early ceiling or floor effects
While there are many different scoring systems available for foot and ankle specialists to use to assess or demonstrate the effectiveness of treatments , the AOFAS , while it is an unvali date d scoring system , is the most commonly used scoring system in this review .
This review presents data about commonly used patient reported outcomes systems in foot and ankle surgery .
The goal of this systematic review is to determine the most commonly used outcome measurement tools used by foot and ankle specialists and determine their limitations , such as whether they are vali date d , have floor/ceiling effects , and so on .