Get Canada CEP Clinically Organized Relevant Exam (CORE) Back Tool 2016-2024

Back pain that becomes worse at night, for example, may be a sign of cancer. A fever accompanying new back pain could signal an infection. Age, numbness, and incontinence are also red flags to consider when assessing what's causing back pain.

Approach to Red Flags for Low Back Pain Age <18 or >502,6 Pain not resolved by analgesia. History of trauma or recent spinal interventions (surgery, injections) History of coagulopathy or abdominal aortic aneurysm. Symptoms or history of malignancy (night sweats, weight loss, etc)

These are the Numerical rating scale (NRS), Roland-Morris disability questionnaire (RMDQ), Back pain functional score, Oswestry disability index (ODI), Pain self-efficacy Questionnaire (PSEQ) and the patient-specific functional scale (PSFS) in order to assess and treat back pain efficiently.

The red flags for back pain can be recalled using the mnemonic TUNA FISH: Trauma. Unexplained weight loss. Neurological symptoms / signs.

The Oswestry Disability Index (also known as the Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire) is an extremely important tool that researchers and disability evaluators use to measure a patient's permanent functional disability. The test is considered the 'gold standard' of low back functional outcome tools [1].

Loss of feeling or the feeling of pins and needles / numbness in your lower limbs; Numbness in or around your back passage; Loss of sensation between your inner thighs or genitals; and. Bladder and/or bowel dysfunction.

SCORE DISABILITY LEVEL 0 - 4 No disability 5 - 14 Mild disability 15 - 24 Moderate disability 25 - 34 Severe disability 35 - 50 Completely disabled The Oswestry Disability Index (aka the Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire) is an ex- tremely important tool that researchers and disability evaluators use to ...

"Red Flags (RFs) are signs and symptoms related to the screening of serious underlying pathologies mimicking a musculoskeletal pain."