Validation of the recently developed Total Disability Index: a single measure of disability in neck and back pain patients.

CONCLUSIONS: The TDI is a valid and reliable disability measure in patients with back and/or neck pain and can capture each spine region's contribution to total disability. The TDI could be a valuable method for total spine assessment in a clinical setting, and its completion is less time consuming than that for both the ODI and NDI. PMID: 31812146 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Journal of Neurosurgery.Spine - December 5, 2019 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Cruz DL, Ayres EW, Spiegel MA, Day LM, Hart RA, Ames CP, Burton DC, Smith JS, Shaffrey CI, Schwab FJ, Errico TJ, Bess S, Lafage V, Protopsaltis TS Tags: J Neurosurg Spine Source Type: research