Disability and rehabilitation
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To assess the prognostic value of some preoperative and early post-operative indicators in the prediction of disability 14 months after lumbar disc surgery. ⋯ As recovery following lumbar disc surgery occurred to a great extent during the first 2 months, the early post-operative outcome appears to be quite a reliable indicator of the postoperative outcome in 1-year follow-up. The strong association between pain and the disability indices allows us to conclude that both the Million and Oswestry indices are clinically useful instruments in the evaluation of outcome in these cases.
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To construct a single indicator on impairment level for lower extremity Complex Regional Pain syndrome type I (CRPS I). ⋯ The lower extremity ISS permits evaluation of the most prominent symptoms in CRPS I, and can be used to monitor changes in CRPS I.