MFA & SMFA Resources
The Department of Orthopedic Surgery research team provides project specific resources to collaborators both locally and across the globe. The following documents are available in multiple formats. Please contact Research Coordinator Julie Agel with any questions.
Musculoskeletal Function Assessment (MFA)
Document 1: MFA Survey, Version L1.2
Document 2: MFA Coding Key Manual, Version L1.2
Document 3: MFA Administration, Coding and Scoring Instructions
Document 4: Sample Coding and Scoring Programs
Programs for calculating MFA scores:
Pre-Injury MFA (Baseline Version)
Normative Data
Short Musculoskeletal Function Assessment (SMFA)
The SMFA is a free-for-use questionnaire. We've also provided a permission statement for your institution if it is needed.
- Cover Page (PDF)
- Dysfunction Index (PDF)
- Bother Index (PDF)
- Scoring Instructions (PDF)
- Category Descriptions (Excel)
- Category Descriptions (PDF)
Language Translation
- Recommendations for the Cross-Cultural Adaptation of Health Status Measures
Marianne Lindahl, PT, MPH
Assistant Professor: Physiotherapy Education
Center of Nutrition and Rehabilitation, University College Sjælland
Parkvej 190, 4700 Naestved, Denmark
[email protected]
Danish SMFA: SMFA_DK
Edward J. Harvey, MDCM FRCSS
Hand and Microvascular/Trauma
Medical Director: Fracture/Bone Metabolism
Jo Miller Research Laboratories, McGill University
Montreal, Quebec H3G 1A4
[email protected]
Dr. S. Kirschner
Orthopädische Klinik König-Ludwig Haus, Julius Maximillian Universität
Brettreichstr. 11, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
[email protected]
Sari Ponzer, MD, PhD
Department of Orthopaedics, Stockholm Söder Hospital
Karolinska Institutet
S - 118 83 Stockholm, Sweden
[email protected]
Publications
- Lindahl M, Andersen S, Joergensen A, Frandsen C, Jensen L, Benedikz E. Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Danish version of the Short Musculoskeletal Function Assessment questionnaire (SMFA). Qual Life Res. 2017. doi: 10.1007/s11136-017-1643-0.
- Kreder HJ, Agel J, McKee MD, Schemitsch EH, Stephen D, Hanel DP. A randomized, controlled trial of distal radius fractures with metaphyseal displacement but without joint incongruity: Closed reduction and casting versus closed reduction, spanning external fixation, and optional percutaneous K-wires. J. Orthop. Trauma 20(2):115-121, 2006.
- Kreder HJ, Hanel DP, Agel J, McKee M, Schemitsch EH, Trumble TE, Stephen D. Indirect reduction and percutaneous fixation versus open reduction and internal fixation for displaced intra-articular fractures of the distal radius: A randomized, controlled trial. J. Bone Joint Surg. (Br) 87-B:829-36, 2005.
- Swiontkowski MF, Engelberg R, Martin DP, Agel J: Short musculoskeletal function assessment questionnaire: validity, reliability, and responsiveness. J. Bone Joint Surg. [Am] 81:1245-1260, 1999.
- Engelberg R, Martin DP, Agel J, Swiontkowski M: Musculoskeletal function assessment: reference values for patient and non-patient samples. J. Orthop. Res. 17:101-109, 1999.
- Engelberg R, Martin DP, Agel J, Obremsky W, Coronado G, Swiontkowski MF: Musculoskeletal function assessment instrument: criterion and construct validity. J. Orthop. Res. 14:182-192, 1996.
- Martin DP, Engelberg R, Agel J, Snapp D, Swiontkowski MF: Development of a musculoskeletal extremity health instrument: the musculoskeletal function assessment instrument. J. Orthop. Res. 14:173-181, 1996.
- Teligovic S, Lindahl M, Mølholm von Magius C, Sjøgaard G, Søgaard K, & Sandal L: Internal consistency and construct validity of the Short Musculoskeletal Function Assessment (SMFA) in older adults. Annals of Medicine, 55:1, 2023. DOI: 10.1080/07853890.2023.2234936