GFS for Patient w/Low Back Pain Functional Assessment Equation

Modified General Function Score (GFS) for Patient with Low Back Pain

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Are you evaluating a patient with low back pain?

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Able to use stairs up or down 1 story

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Able to sit in a chair for over 30 minutes

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Able to walk on a level surface for more than 30 minutes

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Able to stand for more than 30 minutes

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Able to lift more than 10 kg/22 lbs from the floor to a table

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Able to wash bent over a bathroom sink

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Able to carry a shopping bag

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Able to make a bed

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Able to dress/undress with street clothes

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Modified General Function Score (GFS) for Patient with Low Back Pain

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Purpose:

To evaluate physical disability in a patient with low back pain using a modification of the General Function Score (GFS) of Hagg et al.

Specialty

Neurology

Objective

ICD-10

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Interpretation and Description

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