The use of the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) in rehabilitation outcomes

Kersten, Paula; Küçükdeveci, Ayşe A; Tennant, Alan

doi:10.2340/16501977-0999

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“…In the initial evaluation, age, gender, dominant hand, affected by CTS and basic symptoms of CTS (numbness, pain, awkwardness-weakness, paraesthesia and pain that awakened the patient at night) and duration of these symptoms and alleviating factors were recorded. Severity of pain was evaluated using the visual analogue scale (VAS) (14,16).…”

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Comparison of short-term clinical and electrophysiological outcomes of local steroid injection and surgical decompression in the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome running title: steroid injection and surgical decompression in carpal tunnel syndrome

Gürçay¹,

Karaahmet²,

Gurcan³

et al. 2015

Turkish Neurosurgery

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Comparison of short-term clinical and electrophysiological outcomes of local steroid injection and surgical decompression in the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome running title: steroid injection and surgical decompression in carpal tunnel syndrome

Gürçay¹,

Karaahmet²,

Gurcan³

et al. 2015

Turkish Neurosurgery

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“…The present study used a horizontal nonnumeric VAS with a 100-mm (10-cm) horizontal line with indicators at both ends of the line; one represented no pain, located at the left hand side; the other, located on the right-hand side, represented the most extreme pain that can be ever experienced. 39,40 The functional level was assessed using a validated Arabic version of the ODI. 41 It is a 10-item questionnaire, with 6 responses to each item numbered from 0 to 5.…”

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Effect of Mulligan Concept Lumbar SNAG on Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain

Hussien

Abdel-Raoof

Kattabei

et al. 2017

Journal of Chiropractic Medicine

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Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the outcomes of adding lumbar sustained natural apophyseal glide (SNAG) to a conventional therapy program for chronic nonspecific low back pain (LBP). Methods: Forty-two participants with chronic nonspecific LBP were randomly divided into 2 groups. The study group (aged 27.1 ± 8.3, 20 men, 3 women) received a conventional physical therapy program consisted of stretching and strengthening exercises plus SNAG (based on the Mulligan concept) on the affected lumbar levels, and the control group (aged 28.9 ± 7.7, 13 men, 6 women) received the same conventional program without SNAG 3 times per week for 1 month. Outcome measures were repositioning error (the primary outcome), pain, and function measured by an isokinetic dynamometer, visual analog scale, and the Oswestry Disability Index. Measurements were recorded before and after the end of the treatment period. Results: The comparison between pretreatment and posttreatment test scores indicated that both study and control groups had significant improvement in all dependent variables (P N .001). However, adding SNAG to the conventional program resulted in higher improvement in terms of repositioning error, pain, and function (P = .02, .002, .008) respectively. Conclusions: This preliminary study indicated improvement in both groups. Adding SNAG to conventional programs in the treatment of chronic nonspecific LBP may result in greater improvement of repositioning error, pain reduction, and improved function. (J Chiropr Med 2017;16:94-102)

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“…The severity of pain was evaluated using a visual analog scale (17). The Boston questionnaire consists of two sections: the Boston Symptom Severity Scale (BSSS) and the Functional Status Scale (FSS) items (18,19).…”

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Comparing the effectiveness of ultrasound-guided versus blind steroid injection in the treatment of severe carpal tunnel syndrome

Karaahmet¹,

Gürçay²,

Kara³

et al. 2017

Turk J Med Sci

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Background/aim: This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of ultrasound (US)-guided injection versus blind injection of corticosteroids in the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). Materials and methods:This prospective, randomized clinical trial included patients with severe CTS based on clinical and electrophysiological criteria. The patients were evaluated for clinical and electrophysiological parameters at baseline and 4 weeks after treatment. Symptom severity and hand function were assessed by the Boston questionnaire. The patients underwent blind injection or US-guided injection.Results: When compared with baseline, both groups showed significant improvement in Boston questionnaire scores and all electrophysiological parameters. Significant differences were observed between the groups for clinical parameters (Boston Symptom Severity Scale: P = 0.007; Functional Status Scale: P < 0.001) in favor of the US-guided group. Conclusion:This study demonstrated that both US-guided and blind injections were effective in reducing symptoms and improving hand function. US-guided injections may yield more effective clinical results in the short-term than blind injections in the treatment of patients with severe CTS.

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The use of the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) in rehabilitation outcomes

Cited by 117 publications

References 1 publication

Comparison of short-term clinical and electrophysiological outcomes of local steroid injection and surgical decompression in the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome running title: steroid injection and surgical decompression in carpal tunnel syndrome

Comparison of short-term clinical and electrophysiological outcomes of local steroid injection and surgical decompression in the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome running title: steroid injection and surgical decompression in carpal tunnel syndrome

Effect of Mulligan Concept Lumbar SNAG on Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain

Comparing the effectiveness of ultrasound-guided versus blind steroid injection in the treatment of severe carpal tunnel syndrome

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