Oswestry Disability Index


Oswestry Disability Index

Abbreviation: ODI
A questionnaire that requires a patient to rate the effect of back pain on 10 different activities, each having six levels of disability. The test was designed to assess patients with failed back surgery, but it is widely used for nonsurgical patients with other spinal conditions. Synonym: Oswestry disability scoreSee also: index

Oswestry Disability Index

(oz-wes'tre) [Fr. the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry, Shropshire, U.K.] See: index