The Oswestry Disability Index has emerged as the most commonly recommended condition-specific outcome measure for spinal disorders. The development of the Oswestry Disability Index was initiated by John O’Brien in 1976 The index is based on a patient-completed questionnaire which gives a subjective percentage score of the level of function (disability) in activities of daily […]
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Hendrich Fall Risk Score
Currently used scoring system is modified Hendrich Fall Risk Score and is termed as Hendrich II Fall Risk Model. It takes into account following parameters and assigns a score to each parameter. The final score is calculated by addition of all individual scores. Here is a brief outline Confusion, disorientation,impulsivity 4 Symptomatic Depression 2 Altered […]