"How do you feel now compared to how you felt before surgery?" is a common question asked of patients? But how well do they remember? Are they accurate or do they overestimate or do they underestimate? What effects can perception of pretreatment symptoms have on perception of progress?
Patients Undergoing Shoulder Stabilization Procedures Do Not Accurately Recall Their Preoperative Symptoms at Short- to Midterm Follow-up. Hope D, French J, Pizzari T, Hoy G, Barwood S. Orthop J Sports Med. 2019 Jun 12;7(6):2325967119851084. doi: 10.1177/2325967119851084. eCollection 2019 Jun.
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Music for PT Inquest: "The Science of Selling Yourself Short" by Less Than Jake Used by Permission