Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 3 The Massachusetts General Hospital Anatomic Economic Functional Rating System [4]
From: The Prolo Scale: history, evolution and psychometric properties
A0 | Pseudoarthrosis |
A1 | Unilateral pseudoarthrosis |
A2 | Insufficient unilateral fusion mass |
A3 | Contiguous fusion mass without hypertrophy |
A4 | Solid fusion with hypertrophy |
E0 | Complete invalid |
E1 | No gainful occupation |
E2 | Able to work but did not return to previous occupation |
E3 | Returned to previous occupation in part-time or limited status |
E4 | Returned to previous occupation without any restriction of any kind |
F0 | Pain worse than before surgery |
F1 | Level of LBP is the same as before operation but able to perform all daily tasks of living |
F2 | Low level of pain and able to perform all activities except sport |
F3 | No pain but patient has had one or more recurrences of LBP or sciatica |
F4 | Complete recovery, no recurrent episodes of LBP and able to perform all previous sport activities |