Research Award Details

2009 - POSNA/OREF Research Grant

Clinically Relevant Outcome Questionnaire for Adolescent Patients with Pain or Injury in Upper and Lower Extremities


Grant Recipient: Paul M Saluan, MD

Institution:
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Additional Information:
Research was used as preliminary work for our ongoing outcomes instrument development within our institution. The work we did was very beneficial in determining if a limited set of questions could be applicable to this age group in defining outcomes. We showed that it could be, and has been used as a launching pad for other work within our institution in developing effective dual-purpose Outcomes instruments, and externally including a comparison of the Pediatric IKDC vs the Adult IKDC.