Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 5 Clinical evaluation scales—‘modified Prolo scale’ (Brantigan et al. [51])
From: The Prolo Scale: history, evolution and psychometric properties
Pain | Function | Economic | Medication | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
P1 | Excruciating or unbearable pain | F1 | Total incapacity | E1 | Unable to do tasks around the home | M1 | 10 or more hydrocodone tablets or equivalent |
P2 | Severe pain | F2 | Able to do activities in the home | E2 | Able to do tasks around the home but unable to work | M2 | 6–9 hydrocodone tablets or equivalent |
P3 | Moderate pain | F3 | Able to do activities outside the home with limitation of moderate-demand activities | E3 | Able to work at light or sedentary capacity | M3 | 3–5 hydrocodone tablets or equivalent |
P4 | Mild pain | F4 | Limitation of strenuous activities or sports | E4 | Able to work at moderate capacity | M4 | Regular nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and/or occasional hydrocodone tablets |
P5 | No pain | F5 | Able to do all activities | E5 | Able to work at heavy capacity or previous occupation | M5 | None or occasional NSAID or equivalent |