Orthopedics
Oswestry Disability Index (ODI)
Measures low back pain functional disability and treatment outcomes.
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Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) Result
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Formula
Oswestry Disability Index (%) = (Sum of 10 Section Scores / 50) × 100Clinical Pearls
The gold-standard patient-reported outcome measure required in clinical trials and clinical practice to quantify spine disability and monitor post-intervention improvement.
Limitations
Self-administered subjective report; a change of at least 10-12% is considered the minimum clinically important difference (MCID).