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Table 4 Spearman’s rank correlation coefficients between the SMFA subscales and SF-36, DASH, HOOS, KOOS, and FFI

From: Reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the Short Musculoskeletal Function Assessment questionnaire in patients with skeletal muscle injury of the upper or lower extremities

 

Arm and hand function category

Mobility category

Daily activities category

Emotional status category

Dysfunction index

Bother index

SF-36 (N = 339)

      

 PF

−.344

−.644

−.569

−.527

−.616

−.594

 RP

−.364

−.504

−.576

−.530

−.586

−.626

 BP

−.353

−.588

−.565

−.613

−.625

−.650

 GH

−.267

−.387

−.353

−.540

−.423

−.477

 VT

−.290

−.396

−.346

−.544

−.436

−.491

 SF

−.393

−.477

−.561

−.536

−.582

−.620

 RE

−.310

−.378

−.430

−.492

−.462

−.539

 MH

−.183

−.211

−.211

−.446

−.271

−.371

DASH (N = 84)

      

 DASH

.669

n.a.

.730

.560

.750

.695

HOOS (N = 69)

      

 Pain

n.a.

−.652

−.630

−.471

−.628

−.609

 Symptoms

n.a.

−.631

−.558

−.416

−.568

−.535

 ADL

n.a.

−.728

−.713

−.483

−.738

−.670

 Function in sports/recreation

n.a.

−.640

−.627

−.424

−.654

−.540

 Quality of life

n.a.

−.680

−.579

−.437

−.620

−.521

KOOS (N = 136)

      

 Pain

n.a.

−.571

−.491

−.472

−.573

−.595

 Symptoms

n.a.

−.492

−.380

−.450

−.465

−.499

 ADL

n.a.

−.711

−.668

−.444

−.713

−.651

 Function in sports/recreation

n.a.

−.626

−.586

−.304

−.608

−.569

 Quality of life

n.a.

−.468

−.373

−.346

−.430

−.498

FFI (N = 62)

      

 Foot pain

n.a.

.595

.582

.532

.622

.613

 Difficulty with activities

n.a.

.615

.566

.536

.610

.623

 Limitations

n.a.

.731

.729

.581

.744

.710

  1. All correlations are significant at the 0.001 level
  2. n.a. not applicable, N sample size when correlation was calculated, SMFA Short Musculoskeletal Function Assessment, SF-36 Health Survey Short Form, DASH Arm, Shoulder, and Hand questionnaire, HOOS Hip disability and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score, KOOS Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score, FFI Foot Function Index