The use of Rasch measurement to improve the Oswestry classification scheme

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 822-831

  White, Louise J ^a   Velozo, Craig A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Back pain; Classification; Disabled persons; Psychometrics; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT;

EID: 0036295764     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/apmr.2002.32685     Document Type: Article

References (83)

1. The Oswestry low back pain disability questionnaire
2. The Oswestry disability index
3. Disability measurement in persons with back pain: A validity study of spinal range of motion and velocity
4. Optimal sagittal motion axis for trunk extension and flexion tests in chronic low back trouble
5. Lumbar spine range of motion as a measure of physical and functional impairment: An investigation of validity
6. Relationships between spinal mobility, physical performance test, pain intensity and disability assessments in chronic low back pain patients
7. Correlation of objective measure of trunk motion and muscle function with low-back disability ratings
8. Effects of a three-month active rehabilitation program on psychomotor performance of lower limbs in subjects with low back pain: A controlled study with a nine-month follow up
9. Functional changes in back muscle activity correlate with pain intensity and prediction of low back pain during pregnancy
10. Back and hip extensor fatigability in chronic low back pain patients and controls
11. Isokinetic performance capacity of trunk muscles. Part I: The effect of repetition on measurement of isokinetic performance capacity of trunk muscles among healthy controls and two different groups of low-back pain patients
12. Intercorrelation and test-retest reliability of the Pain Disability Index (PDI) and the Oswestry Disability Questionnaire (ODQ) and their correlation with pain intensity in low back pain patients
13. Diagnostic utility of the McGill Pain Questionnaire and the Oswestry Disability Questionnaire for classification of low back pain syndromes
14. Posterior lumbar interbody fusion. Association between disability and psychological disturbance in noncompensation patients
15. Psychological distress deteriorates the subjective outcome of lumbosacral fusion. A prospective study
16. Maximal effort during functional capacity evaluations: An examination of psychological factors
17. Predictors for work incapacity continuing after disc surgery
18. Compensation, work status, and disability in low back pain patients
19. Predicting return to work for lower back pain patients receiving worker's compensation
20. Randomized trial comparing interferential therapy with motorized lumbar traction and massage in the management of low back pain in a primary setting
21. A randomized-control study of active and passive treatments for chronic low back pain following L5 laminectomy
22. Functional outcomes of low back pain: Comparison of four treatment groups in a randomized controlled trial
23. Influence of estrogen-progestin treatment on back pain and disability among slim premenopausal women with low lumbar spine mineral density. A 2-year placebo-controlled randomized trial
24. Influence of estrogen-progestin replacement therapy and exercise on lumbar spine mobility and low back symptoms in a healthy early postmenopausal female population: A 2-yr randomized controlled trial
25. Laser therapy: A randomized, controlled trial of the effects of low-intensity Nd:YAG laser irradiation on musculoskeletal back pain
26. Acupuncture for low back pain: Results of a pilot for a randomized controlled trial
27. Randomized controlled trial for evaluation of fitness programme for patients with chronic low back pain
28. A fitness programme for patients with chronic low back pain: 2-year follow-up of a randomized controlled trial
29. The effect of exercise on percentile rank aerobic capacity, pain, and self-rated disability in patients with chronic low-back pain: A retrospective chart review
30. Effects of a three-month therapeutic exercise programme on flexibility in subjects with low back pain
31. Long-term exercise adherence after intensive rehabilitation for chronic low back pain
32. Back school in a first episode of compensated acute low back pain: A clinical trial to assess efficacy and prevent relapse
33. A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of sclerosing injections in patients with chronic low back pain
34. Intradiscal steroids. A prospective double-blind clinical trial
35. Randomized trial of radiofrequency lumbar facet degeneration for chronic low back pain
36. Seven- to 20-year outcome of lumbar discectomy
37. Anterior lumbar fusion improves discogenic pain at levels of prior posterolateral fusion
38. Relationships between epidural fibrosis, pain, disability, and psychological factors after lumbar disc surgery
39. Posterior lumbar interbody fusion combined with instrumented postero-lateral fusion: 5-year results in 60 patients
40. The surgical treatment of far lateral L3-L4 and L4-L5 disc herniations. A modified technique and outcomes analysis of 25 patients
41. The surgical management of degenerative lumbar scoliosis. Posterior instrumentation alone versus two stage surgery
42. Evaluation of outcome following lumbar discectomy
43. Outcomes of patients with pelvic-ring fractures managed by open reduction internal fixation
44. Sense of coherence and outcome of low-back surgery: 5-year follow-up of 80 patients
45. Standardized evaluation of long-term results after anterior lumbar interbody fusion
46. Sense of coherence and outcome of anterior lowback fusion. A 5- to 13-year follow up of 85 patients
47. Automated percutaneous lumbar discectomy. An outcome study
48. The use of rhBMP-2 in interbody fusion cages. Definitive evidence of osteoinduction in humans: A preliminary report
49. Long term clinical and magnetic resonance imaging follow up assessment of patients with lumbar spinal stenosis after laminectomy
50. The degree of decompressive relief and its relation to clinical outcome in patients undergoing surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis
51. Lumbar spinal stenosis: Assessment of long-term outcome 12 years after operative and conservative treatment
52. Surgical outcome of 438 patients treated surgically for lumbar spinal stenosis
53. Surgical results of lumbar spinal stenosis. A comparison of patients with or without previous back surgery
54. Computed tomography after laminectomy for lumbar spinal stenosis. Patients' pain patterns, walking capacity, and subjective disability had no correlation with computed tomography findings
55. The long-term prognosis after operation for lumbar spinal stenosis
56. The disablement process
57. Diagnosis of mechanical low back pain in a laborer
58. Physical therapy outcomes for patients receiving worker's compensation following treatment for herniated lumbar disc and mechanical low back pain syndrome
59. Evidence for use of an extension-mobilization category in acute low back syndrome: A prescriptive validation pilot study
60. Disability and functional status in patients with low back pain receiving workers' compensation: A descriptive study with implications for the efficacy of physical therapy
61. A treatment-based classification approach to low back syndrome: Identifying and staging patients for conservative treatment
62. A nonsurgical treatment approach for patients with lumbar spinal stenosis
63. A revised Oswestry Disability questionnaire
64. Developing a valid and reliable measure of health outcome for patients with low back pain
65. Evaluation of the MOS SF-36 Physical Functioning Scale (PF-10): I. Comparison of relative precision using Likert and Rasch scoring methods
66. Functional scale discrimination at admission and discharge: Rasch analysis of the Level of Rehabilitation Scale III
67. Evaluation of the MOS SF-36 physical functioning scale (PF-10): Unidimensionality and reproducibility of the Rasch item scale
68. Relationships between impairment and physical disability as measured by the functional independence measure
69. Task Force on Statistical Inference. Statistical methods in psychology journals: Guidelines and explanations
70. Investigating rating scale utility
71. Professional uncertainty and treatment choices by physical therapists
72. Physical therapy and health outcomes in patients with spinal impairments
73. A validation study of the daily activities questionnaire: An activities of daily living assessment for people with Alzheimer's disease
74. Development of a nutrition self-efficacy scale for prospective physicians
75. Relation between three measures of function in patients with chronic work-related pain syndromes
76. Post-hoc Rasch analysis of optimal categorization of an ordered-response scale
77. Sleep measures
78. The use of a classification approach to the treatment of 3 patients with low back syndrome
79. Acute low back problems in adults