AO Spine outcome instruments
Disease-specific outcome tools developed and validated by AO Spine
AO Spine outcome measures for spine trauma patients
Discover AO Spine patient and clinician reported outcome tools for spine trauma patients—the AO Spine PROST and CROST. These outcomes measures have been developed and validated by AO Spine Knowledge Forum Trauma and Infection to identify specific problems related to spine trauma. They are designed to measure outcomes specifically in patients sustaining injuries to their spinal column and will allow you to compare different treatment options and predict outcomes worldwide.
Treating surgeons and healthcare professionals are encouraged to use these novel and validated tools in the clinical setting and in their research to contribute to further evidence-based and patient-centred spine trauma care.
AO Spine PROST records patient’s evaluation comparing certain aspects of their life before and after the accident that caused the spine injury. AO Spine CROST is applied after the initial treatment and allows treating surgeons to evaluate and predict clinical outcomes of spine trauma patients.
The AO Spine PROST questionnaire is available in English, Dutch, Slovak, Portuguese, German, French, Nepalese, and Arabic. If you are interested in using the AO Spine PROST or translating the questionnaire into another language, please contact the AO Spine Knowledge Forum Trauma research project manager. The English versions of PROST and CROST can be downloaded via the download buttons on this page.
- Read the validation manuscript
- Read the paper on translation and cross-cultural adaptation for the English version
For commercial use, please send us an email.
“For the first time in the history of spinal trauma there is a system—the AO Spine PROST—which we can use to evaluate the progress and the health quality of spinal trauma patients specifically.”
Cumhur Öner, Principal investigator, AO Spine Patient and Clinician-reported Spine Trauma Outcome Measures
Patient Expectations in Spine Oncology
The AO Spine Knowledge Forum Tumor patient expectations questionnaire regarding treatment outcomes in spinal oncology aims to better align what patients expect before their treatment and what they perceive afterwards. The questionnaire can easily be integrated into the daily routines of oncological departments. Download the questionnaire for surgery and radiation therapy:
Read the paper:
Versteeg, Anne; Gal, Roxanne; Charest-Morin, Raphaele; et al. Introducing the New Patient Expectations in Spine Oncology Questionnaire. Neurosurgery 93(6):p 1331-1338, December 2023. | DOI: 10.1227/neu.0000000000002587
SOSGOQ2.0 for spine oncology patients
AO Spine Knowledge Forum (KF) Tumor recently validated the first spine oncology-specific patient-reported outcome (PRO) tool, the SOSGOQ2.0.
The PRO allows you to define whether your patients are improving and will serve to improve their quality of life.
Use the SOSGOQ2.0 in combination with a generic instrument.
The study was published in Cancer, April 15, 2018 Vol. 124(8).
The SOSGOQ2.0 research has been awarded:
- AO Spine Europe's Young Researcher Award, first place, 2018
- Best Paper Award, 30th European Musculo-Skeletal Oncology Society meeting (EMSOS), 2017
For commercial use, please send us an email.
To date, the SOSGOQ has been translated and validated in:
AO Spine Knowledge Forum Tumor is working with the members of our Metastatic Tumor Research and Outcomes Network to validate the SOSGOQ2.0 tool in Hungarian.
“Importantly, with the SOSGOQ2.0, we could see differences between patients within the population—seriously disabled patients have lower scores compared to those who are doing better—which is what you want.”
Anne Versteeg, lead author
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