title: Methods of clinical evaulations and scales of assessment of the cervical and lumbar disc disaease based on the Oswestry scale.
abstract: Methods of examination used in scientific work are different. They consist of retrospective, prospective and specific randomised surveys. Long term results obtained in conducted studies should be compared with results published in literature. <br /> In order to unify different criteria used in back pain, authors decided to analyse the most frequently used scales. Data obtained form literature allowed to assume an attitude to accepted criteria of evaluation. Among different methods the most frequently used is the Oswestry scale, which estimates a degree of disability of patients with low back pain and cervical pain very precisely. This scale was proposed on the 14th Symposium of Spine Surgery Section in Miedzeszyn - Otwock, in order to unify and compare long term results of lumbar and cervical pain.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Ortopedii CMKP, Otwock.
authors.forename: Aleksandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rapała
authors.forename: Kazimierz
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rapała
authors.forename: Wiesław
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lachowicz