Joint Self-Assessment Forms for Knee, Ankle and Shoulder

Observation of the distribution of questionnaire responses for each anatomical site.

The present study represents the pilot phase of the project aimed at developing anatomical
 site-specific self-assessment questionnaires (shoulder, knee and ankle) that can advise the
 subject of the need for an orthopaedic specialist examination.
 
 The pilot phase of the project involves the collection of data from questionnaires in a
 population of subjects who have requested an orthopaedic consultation for the anatomical site
 covered by the questionnaire. Each questionnaire consists of questions designed to collect
 information about the patient's subjective condition.
 
 The data collected from the questionnaires will be used to evaluate the statistical
 significance (p value) of each question in the questionnaire in relation to the outcome of
 the orthopaedic specialist visit. Through a multivariate logistic analysis of the answers
 given by the subject, it will be possible to 'weight' each answer to obtain a final value
 that gives an indication of an orthopaedic specialist visit.