Study Supports ODI Use To Measure Disability in Non-Low Back Pain Patients

The Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) is a valid measure of disability for multiple chronic pain populations other than low back pain (LBP), new data suggest.
The ODI is considered the “gold standard for measuring the degree of disability and quality of life” in people with chronic LBP, according to researchers from the Department of Anesthesiology and Division of Pain Research at the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor. They said clinicians have been using the ODI to gauge disability