The measurement instruments section illustrates the wide range of clinical outcome measures available and of use in physiotherapy practice. The section is extensive, yet (as seems predictable) ever expanding.

It is meant for health care workers and health care students, and tries to facilitate the frustrating proces of getting hold of questionnaires when preparing or understanding research.

Please be aware that some outcome measures have been outdated or out of use for several years, but are still here for the sake of completeness. Use of outcome measures asks for a proper understanding of the involved methodologies and application of the instruments on the patient groups they were intended for.

Some measurement instruments are copyrighted  - when using them, please contact the license holders.

We are very much indebted by the following organizations and persons who enabled a kick start of these pages:

• The Chartered Society for Physiotherapy (UK)
• The Medical Algorithms Project (Texas)
• The Cochrane Rehabilitation and Related Therapies Field (the Netherlands)
• Prof. Dereck Wade, Rivermead Rehabilitation Centre, Oxford