The Modified Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire

Pain-related disability measurement: the cultural adaptation and validation of “pain disability index (PDI)” and “pain disability questionnaire (PDQ)” among Iranian low back pain patients

  Abstract   Background: Low Back Pain (LBP) is still a medical problem in 21 st century. Having back pain and being   disabled by it are not the same thing. It is common to come across with patients who have simple back pain but surprisingly totally disabled and vice versa. In clinical practice, it is important to have a proper evaluation of disability and making a clear distinction between pa...

Effects of Modified Pilates Exercises on Pain, Disability, and Lumbopelvic Motor Control in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain

Background: Musculoskeletal disorders, like Low Back Pain (LBP) are associated with impaired lumbopelvic motor control. The current study aimed to investigate the effect of modified Pilates exercises on pain, disability, and lumbopelvic motor control in patients with chronic LBP. Methods: In this randomized controlled single-blind clinical trial, 30 chronic patients with chronic LBP were selec...

pain-related disability measurement: the cultural adaptation and validation of “pain disability index (pdi)” and “pain disability questionnaire (pdq)” among iranian low back pain patients

abstract   background: low back pain (lbp) is still a medical problem in 21 st century. having back pain and being disabled by it are not the same thing. it is common to come across with patients who have simple back pain but surprisingly totally disabled and vice versa. in clinical practice, it is important to have a proper evaluation of disability and making a clear distinction between pain a...

Cross-Cultural Adaptation, Validation, and Reliability Testing of the Modified Oswestry Disability Questionnaire in Persian Population with Low Back Pain

STUDY DESIGN Prospective study. PURPOSE We aimed to validate the Persian version of the modified Oswestry disability questionnaire (MODQ) in patients with low back pain. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE Modified Oswestry low back pain disability questionnaire is a well-known condition-specific outcome measure that helps quantify disability in patients with lumbar syndromes. METHODS To test the vali...

Response set bias, internal consistency and construct validity of the Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire