Appendix A. Search criteria used in PubMed and EMBASE databases Search criteria used in PubMed:
("Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care)"[Mesh] OR "Patient Outcome
Assessment"[Mesh] OR "Treatment Outcome"[Mesh] OR "Pain Measurement"[Mesh] OR outcomes[tw] OR measurement instrument[tw] OR Shoulder Pain and Disability Index[tw] OR SPADI[tw] OR Constant-Murley[tw] OR Dutch Shoulder Disability Questionnaire[tw] OR SDQ-NL[tw] OR Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand[tw] OR DASH[tw] OR quickDASH[tw] OR UCLA end-result score[tw] OR UCLA shoulder score[tw] OR UCLA shoulder rating scale OR United Kingdom Shoulder Disability Questionnaire[tw] OR SDQ- UK[tw] OR Patient Global Impression of Change[tw] OR PGIC[tw] OR American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons[tw] OR ASES[tw] OR Simple Shoulder Test[tw] OR SST[tw] OR Oxford Shoulder Score[tw] OR OSS[tw] OR Shoulder Disability Questionnaire[tw] OR SDQ[tw] OR Western Ontario Shoulder Instability Index[tw] OR WOSI[tw] OR Shoulder Rating
Questionnaire[tw] OR SRQ[tw] OR Flexilevel Scale of Shoulder Function[tw] OR FLEX-SF[tw]
OR Western Ontario Rotator Cuff[tw] OR WORC[tw] OR Functional Shoulder Score[tw] OR FSS[tw] OR Penn Shoulder Score[tw] OR PSS[tw] OR Oxford Instability Shoulder Score[tw]
OR OISS[tw] OR Rowe[tw] OR Western Ontario Osteoarthritis of the Shoulder[tw] OR WOOS[tw] OR Subjective Shoulder Value[tw] OR SSV[tw] OR Shoulder Function Index[tw]
OR SFInX[tw] OR Upper Extremity Functional Index[tw] OR UEFI[tw] OR Melbourne Instability Shoulder Scale[tw] OR MISS[tw] OR Numerical Pain Rating Scale[tw] OR
NPRS[tw] OR Visual Analog Scale[tw] OR VAS[tw] OR Short Form 12[tw] OR SF-12[tw] OR Short Form 36[tw] OR SF-36[tw]) AND ("Shoulder"[Mesh] OR "Shoulder Pain"[Mesh] OR
"Shoulder Impingement Syndrome"[Mesh] OR "Shoulder Joint"[Mesh] OR "Shoulder
Fractures"[Mesh] OR "Shoulder Injuries"[Mesh] OR "Rotator Cuff"[Mesh] OR "Rotator Cuff Injuries"[Mesh] OR "Humeral Fractures"[Mesh] OR "Fractures, Bone"[Mesh] OR shoulder instability[tw] OR labral tear[tw] OR rotator cuff[tw] OR shoulder impingement[tw] OR
shoulder fracture[tw] OR humeral fracture[tw]) AND (mcid[tw] OR minimal clinically important difference[tw])
Search criteria used in EMBASE:
(outcome.mp. or treatment outcome/ or outcome assessment/ or pain measurement/ or measurement/ or measurement instrument.mp. or “Shoulder Pain and Disability Index”/ or SPADI.mp. or (Shoulder Pain and Disability Index).mp. [mp=title, abstract, heading word, drug trade name, original title, device manufacturer, drug manufacturer, device trade name, keyword, floating subheading word] or “Constant Murley (score)”/ or Constant-Murley.mp. or Dutch Shoulder Disability Questionnaire.mp. or SDQ-NL.mp. or “Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (score)”/ or DASH.mp. or quickDASH.mp. or (Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand).mp. [mp=title, abstract, heading word, drug trade name, original title, device
manufacturer, drug manufacturer, device trade name, keyword, floating subheading word] or UCLA end-result score.mp. or UCLA shoulder score.mp. or UCLA shoulder rating scale.mp. or United Kingdom Shoulder Disability Questionnaire.mp. or SDQ-UK.mp. or Patient Global Impression of Change.mp. or PGIC.mp. or ASES.mp. or (American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons).mp. [mp=title, abstract, heading word, drug trade name, original title, device manufacturer, drug manufacturer, device trade name, keyword, floating subheading word] or Simple Shoulder Test.mp. or SST.mp. or Oxford Shoulder Score/ or Oxford Shoulder Score.mp.
or OSS.mp. or Shoulder Disability Questionnaire.mp. or SDQ.mp. or Western Ontario Shoulder Instability Index.mp. or WOSI.mp. or Shoulder Rating Questionnaire.mp. or SRQ.mp. or Flexilevel Scale of Shoulder Function.mp. or FLEX-SF.mp. or Western Ontario Rotator Cuff.mp. or Western Ontario Rotator Cuff Index/ or WORC.mp. or Functional Shoulder Score.mp. or FSS.mp. or Penn Shoulder Score.mp. or PSS.mp. or Oxford Instability Shoulder Score.mp. or OISS.mp. or Rowe.mp. or Rowe score/ or Western Ontario Osteoarthritis of the Shoulder.mp. or WOOS.mp. or Subjective Shoulder Value.mp. or SSV.mp. or Shoulder Function Index.mp. or SFInX.mp. or Upper Extremity Functional Index.mp. or UEFI.mp. or Melbourne Instability Shoulder Scale.mp. or MISS.mp. or Numerical Pain Rating Scale.mp. or NPRS.mp. or visual analog scale/ or Visual Analog Scale.mp. or VAS.mp. or Short Form 12.mp. or Short Form 12/ or SF-12.mp. or Short Form 36.mp. or Short Form 36/ or SF-36.mp.) and (shoulder impingement syndrome/ or shoulder pain/ or shoulder injury/ or shoulder disease/ or
shoulder.mp. or shoulder/ or shoulder fracture/ or labral tear.mp. or rotator cuff.mp. or rotator cuff/ or shoulder impingement.mp. or humeral fracture.mp. or humerus fracture/ or fracture.mp.
or proximal humerus fracture/ or fracture/) and (minimal clinically important difference/ or MCID.mp. or minimal clinically important difference.mp.)
