Int Orthop. 1995;19(6):361-6.

Pain drawing in the evaluation of low back pain.

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Department of Orthopaedics, Shimane Medical School, Shimaneken, Japan.

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Pain drawings were obtained from three groups of patients: 51 with lumbar disc herniation; 55 with lumbar stenosis, and 42 with benign low back pain. On grid assessment, patients with disc herniation and stenosis who complained of radiating pain or intermittent claudication had a significantly larger number of grids for the extremities than those with benign low back pain. In studies of the relation between the characteristics of the pain drawing and the outcome of treatment, most patients with 19 grids or less, or a score of 3 points or less, had a satisfactory outcome. Those with more grids or a higher score tended to be unsatisfactory. Pain drawing permits differentiation of the three patterns of pain and is useful for predicting the outcome of treatment.

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