Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Index Calculator
- Pain Intensity
- Personal Care
- Lifting
- Walking
- Sitting
- Standing
- Sleeping
- Traveling
- Social Life
- Walking Ability at Home
- Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Index Comprehensive Explanation and Clinical Context
The Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Index is one of the most widely used clinical tools to quantify disability related to chronic low back pain. It evaluates the degree to which pain affects daily function across ten domains including self care lifting sitting standing sleeping and social engagement. Each item is scored from zero to five producing a total that reflects the functional impact of pain on the patient. The resulting percentage allows clinicians to categorize disability severity and guide the choice of therapy and rehabilitation strategies. Scores closer to zero reflect minimal disability while higher values indicate severe impairment that may require intensive intervention. The index is also valuable for monitoring progression or improvement over time and is frequently used in clinical trials and outcome research.
Reference
Fairbank JC and Pynsent PB The Oswestry Disability Index Spine Journal 2000
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