Million R, Nilsen K H, Jayson M I, Baker R D
Ann Rheum Dis. 1981 Oct;40(5):449-54. doi: 10.1136/ard.40.5.449.
A method is described for evaluating the progress of patients with back pain. Various symptoms were scored on analogue scales and spinal motion was measured by various techniques. These data were integrated to make subjective and objective indices respectively. Reasonable reproducibility of the measurements was obtained. This technique was used to elucidate the role of the lumbar support in surgical corsets in relief of back pain. Sufferers from back pain were randomly allocated to corsets with and without lumbar supports. There was significant improvement in those with a support compared with those without. On the other hand objective changes measured with the corset removed did not differ between the 2 groups. This study indicates that the spinal support in a lumbosacral corset makes a significant contribution towards the relief of symptoms.
本文描述了一种评估背痛患者病情进展的方法。通过模拟量表对各种症状进行评分，并采用多种技术测量脊柱活动度。这些数据分别整合为主观指标和客观指标。测量结果具有合理的可重复性。该技术用于阐明腰部支撑在手术紧身胸衣缓解背痛中的作用。背痛患者被随机分配到有腰部支撑和无腰部支撑的紧身胸衣组。与无支撑组相比，有支撑组有显著改善。另一方面，去除紧身胸衣后测量的客观变化在两组之间没有差异。这项研究表明，腰骶部紧身胸衣中的脊柱支撑对症状缓解有显著贡献。
