Paul B. Pynsent, Director, Research and Teaching Centre, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham; Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Medical Sciences, University of Birmingham; and Visiting Professor of Medical Engineering, University of Wolverhampton, UKJeremy C.T. Fairbank, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford; and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer in Orthopaedics, University of Oxford, UKAndrew J. Carr, Nuffield Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Oxford; and Honorary Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, UK

• Choosing an outcome measureA Systematic approach to developing comparative health outcome indicatorsEconomic evaluationRandomised controlled trialsRegister studiesMeasures of health status, health-related quality of life and patient satisfactionThe measures of painTrauma severity indicesComplicationsOutcome after blast, missile and gunshot woundsDeformity and cosmesisGrowth plate injuriesPeripheral nerve injuriesSpine and spinal cordShoulder and elbowThe wristThe handPelvic and acetabular fracturesFemoral head and neck and the hip jointTibial and femoral shaftsThe kneeThe ankle and hind footThe foot

This text gives an authoritative overview of instruments and techniques used for outcome measures with advice on their optimum usage...for anyone who is conducting clinical audit, research or is interested in standards of care and their measurement then this book provides an invaluable synopsis of this topic and a base line for further ideas and development.Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England