Which Global Rating Scale?: A Comparison of the ASSET, BAKSSS, and IGARS for the Assessment of Simulated Arthroscopic Skills

Conclusions:
No single global rating scale demonstrated superiority as an assessment tool.

Clinical Relevance:
For these commonly used arthroscopic global rating scales, none was particularly superior and any one score could therefore be used. Agreement on using a single score seems sensible, and it would seem unnecessary to develop further scales with the same domains for these purposes.

Source: The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - January 6, 2016 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Middleton, R. M., Baldwin, M. J., Akhtar, K., Alvand, A., Rees, J. L. Tags: Sports Medicine Topics in Training Source Type: research