1 Before you use it
What it is
Twelve yes/no questions and the fastest real shoulder PROM there is. Can you sleep on it, reach a shelf, lift a coin to a shelf, throw a ball, work full time?
When to reach for it
When SPADI won't get done. A busy list, a brief review, a patient who won't fill in a form.
Also good for post-operative shoulders, where the items map neatly onto milestones.
2 Giving it
Scoring
Count the yes answers: 0–12, often reported as a percentage. Higher is better — the opposite direction to SPADI.
What it doesn’t measure
Pain intensity, and gradation within a task. Pair with the NPRS.
Repeat it
3 Reading the score
Interpreting it
Interpret against baseline.
Yes/no is its strength and its weakness. It's fast and unambiguous, but it can't detect improvement within a task that's still a "no".
Is the change real?
On placement
Rotator cuff-related shoulder pain, 8 weeks of loading. SST 5/12 at intake, 8/12 today.
Read it as 3 more yes answers, over the 2.3-point MCID — measured in shoulder arthroplasty cohorts, where the figure runs 1.6 to 3.7 by procedure. This patient hasn't had surgery, so the transfer is stated. And yes/no can't see improvement inside a task that is still a no.
Do read which items flipped. If the overhead and lifting items are still no, that is the next block, and the number won't move until they do.
Student trap. Recording it like SPADI. Higher is better here — get the direction wrong and an improving shoulder looks like a failing one.
Official source: orthop.washington.edu. We don't host the form.
This is a learning tool. It does not diagnose patients and does not replace your clinical educator.
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