Elbow scores and calculators
6 elbow instruments, grouped by what they do. Each carries its scoring formula in full, published clinically important thresholds where they exist, and its copyright status.
Conditions covered
Anterior interosseous nerve palsy · Carpal tunnel syndrome · Distal humerus fracture · Distal radius fracture · Elbow dislocation · Elbow fracture-dislocation · Elbow instability · Elbow stiffness · Lateral epicondylitis · Overhead athlete shoulder injury · Paediatric elbow fracture · Post-traumatic elbow arthritis · Pulseless hand after elbow injury · Radial head fracture · Rheumatoid arthritis of the elbow · Rotator cuff disease · Shoulder instability · Supracondylar humerus fracture · Terrible triad of the elbow · Ulnar collateral ligament injury · Upper limb musculoskeletal disorder · Work-related upper extremity disorder
Patient-reported outcome measure3
- KJOC10 itemsKerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic Shoulder and Elbow ScoreThe KJOC Shoulder and Elbow Score is a 10-item patient-reported questionnaire for overhead athletes — throwers, tennis players, swimmers — in which each item is rated 0 to 10 and the sum out of 100 describes how well the arm lets them compete, with a higher score meaning better function.
- QuickDASH11 itemsQuick Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and HandThe QuickDASH is an 11-item shortened form of the DASH that measures physical function and symptoms across the whole upper limb on a single 0 to 100 scale, where a higher score means greater disability.
- UEFS8 itemsUpper Extremity Function ScaleThe Upper Extremity Function Scale is an 8-item patient-reported questionnaire in which the patient rates the difficulty of eight everyday activities — sleeping, writing, opening jars, picking up small objects, driving, opening a door, carrying a milk jug and washing dishes — from 1 (no problem) to 10 (cannot do it at all), for a total of 8 to 80 where a higher score means more difficulty.
Clinical calculator1
Classification system2
- Gartland2 itemsGartland Classification of Supracondylar Humerus FracturesThe Gartland classification grades extension-type supracondylar humerus fractures in children as type I when non-displaced, type II when angulated with the posterior cortex intact, type III when completely displaced with no cortical contact, and type IV when the fracture is unstable in both flexion and extension — a diagnosis that can only be made under fluoroscopy in theatre.
- Mason2 itemsMason Classification of Radial Head FracturesThe Mason classification sorts radial head fractures into four types — non-displaced (I), displaced partial articular (II), comminuted involving the whole head (III), and any radial head fracture accompanied by an elbow dislocation (IV) — and the type broadly separates fractures managed non-operatively from those needing fixation or replacement.