Normative Values for the Patient Reported Outcome Measures in the Shoulder within an Active Military Population — MHSRS 2021

Corey S, Davi S, Posner M, Donohue M, Slabaugh M, Robins R, LeClere L, Bradley M, Hood M, Dickens J, Cameron K

Abstract submitted to Military Health System Research Symposium 2021

Shoulder injuries are common within military populations and shoulder dislocation and subluxation injuries are a leading cause for surgical intervention impacting military readiness. Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are important in clinical practice and may inform management and return to duty decisions; however, normative values for PROMs for the shoulder in young military populations are limited. The purpose of this study was to describe normative values for the Patient Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Physical Function Scale, Single Assessment Numeric Evaluation (SANE), and Brief Resilience Scale (BRS) in active young military service members with and without a history of shoulder instability and to compare scores by sex at the time of accession.