Sentence examples for disability scales from inspiring English sources

Objective: To translate and assess the reliability and the construct validity of 3 functional disability scales for neck pain.

Main Outcome Measures: Functional ability measured with Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (pain and disability scales), clinical locomotor tests, and laboratory gait evaluation.

Three functional disability scales (Neck Disability Index [NDI], Neck Pain and Disability Scale [NPDS], Northwick Park Neck Pain Questionnaire [NPQ]) were recorded twice, at baseline visit and 24 hours later.

RESULTS Path models accounted for a significant amount of the variability in disability scales (R(2) = 0.35 to 0.52).

Patients were tested with disability scales (MIDAS, HIT-6, SF-36) and with an ad hoc semi-structured questionnaire.

Ordinal measurements, including age, headache days, acute headache medication intake, days with drug consumption, pain intensity and disability scales (MIDAS and HIT-6), were compared between groups using Mann–Whitney test.

A comparison of a Modified Oswestry Disability Questionnaire and the Quebec Back Pain Disability Scale.

But the group receiving amantadine showed more improvement, by two points on the disability scale.

An NP-C-specific disability scale was used to measure disease progression.

The rate of deterioration was similar across the four individual parameters of the disability scale.

To investigate responsiveness and interpretability of the Quebec Back Pain Disability Scale.