Measures for low back pain: a proposal for clinical use

Authors

  • Margareta Nordin New York University; School of Medicine and School of Arts and Sciences
  • Neusa Maria Costa Alexandre Universidade Estadual de Campinas; Faculdade de Ciências Médicas
  • Marco Campello Mt Sinai NYU Health New York; Hospital for Joint Disease Institute; Occupational and Industrial Orthopaedic Center

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692003000200002

Keywords:

low back pain, pain measurement, treatment

Abstract

Low back pain represents a serious public health problem. Therefore, great efforts have been made in order to improve and assess the efficacy of its treatment. Reports in international literature have presented important studies concerning instruments to assess pain and functional incapacity in patients with low back pain. This study presents a clinical protocol which was developed by a multidisciplinary team. This protocol consists of the evaluation and distribution of pain, The Spitzer Quality of Life, The Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire, and The Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale. Instruments must be urgently developed or adapted in order to be used according to the Brazilian reality.

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Published

2003-03-01

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 2 (2003)

Section

Original Articles

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How to Cite

Measures for low back pain: a proposal for clinical use. (2003). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 11(2), 152-155. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692003000200002