Characteristics of the handball players recruited for reproducibility and concurrent validity testing of KJOC compared with DASH (n=36)
Age (years), mean (SD) | 20.7 (3.8) |
Gender (n) | |
Male | 17 |
Female | 19 |
Handball experience (years), mean (SD)* | 13.4 (4.3) |
Previous shoulder injury (yes/no)† | 10/25 |
Shoulder injury status (n)† | |
Playing without pain | 19 |
Playing with pain | 16 |
Sporting level (n)† | |
International elite level | 1 |
National elite level | 13 |
Lower levels | 21 |
*Missing: 1, 2
†Missing: 1.
DASH, Disability of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand questionnaire; KJOC-N, Norwegian version of Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic shoulder and elbow questionnaire.