Effects of Osteopathic Management on Disability and Quality of Life After Lumbar Arthrodesis

Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire

• Minimum Value: 0
• Maximum Value: 100
• Interpretation: Higher scores indicate a worse outcome => greater disability due to low back pain.

The Visual Analog Scale is a subjective measurement tool commonly used to assess the intensity of pain. It consists of a horizontal 10-centimeter line on which the patient marks a point that reflects their experience. Minimum and maximum values: 0 = complete absence of the symptom 10 = the most severe imaginable intensity of the symptom Score interpretation: Higher scores indicate greater symptom intensity Lower scores indicate lesser intensity

Osteopathic Dysfunction Palpation Assessment Scale

Minimum value: 0 (no dysfunction detected)

Maximum value:

Each anatomical structure (e.g., ilium, pubis, sacrum, spine, etc.) is assessed on 4 criteria: mobility, viscoelasticity, texture, temperature.

For each criterion, the score is 0 or 1 (absence or presence of dysfunction). For each structure, the maximum score is therefore 4. The total maximum score depends on the number of structures assessed

Interpretation: The higher the score, the greater the osteopathic dysfunction (so a higher score indicates a worse outcome)