QuickDASH

The shortened Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand Questionnaire (QuickDASH) is an 11-item questionnaire that rates physical function and symptoms in people with upper limb musculoskeletal disorders.1 It is an abbreviated version of the 30item original DASH.The 11 items of QuickDash address daily activities, house/yard work, shopping, recreation, self-care, eating, sleep, friends, work, pain and tingling/numbness. 1 Like the DASH, the QuickDASH version also contains two optional four-item modules (sport/music or work), which are calculated separately to form a scaled score that measures symptoms and functions in certain highperforming populations (eg, athletes and performing artists).Instructions for scoring: Each item in the QuickDASH disability/ symptom section and the optional modules are scored from a fivepoint Likert scale (1-5); a higher value corresponds to greater disability/severity of symptoms.The tallied scores for the disability/symptom section and optional modules are converted J o u r n a l o f PHYSIOTHERAPY