Pain | Points |
Intensity (max. 5 points)—VAS scale | |
Minimum (0 - 1) | 0 |
Mild (2 - 4) | 1 |
Moderate (5 - 7) | 3 |
Severe (8 - 10) | 5 |
Frequency (max 5 points) | |
Intermittent (once a month) | 0 |
Sporadic (a few times every week) | 1 |
Frequent (several days a week) | 3 |
Constant (daily) | 5 |
Duration (max. 5 points) | |
Hours | 0 |
Days | 1 |
Weeks | 3 |
Months/years | 5 |
distribution (max 5 points) | |
Located | 0 |
radiating | 1 |
Referred | 3 |
Diffuse | 5 |
Associated signs (max. 5 points) | |
Alterations in limb alignment or limb dysmetria | 1 |
Muscular atrophy | 1 |
Joint deformity | 1 |
Maintained antalgic posture | 1 |
Neurovegetative involvement: vasomotor alterations (hyperthermia, vasodilation, acrocyanosis), sweating or trophic disorders of the skin and appendages. | 1 |
Muscle Tone (max. 2 points) |
|
Hypertonia | 1 |
Normal | 0 |
Hypotonia | 1 |
Absent | 2 |
Muscle strength (max 5 points) Modified scale of the MRC (Medical Research Council) |
|
Absent: total paralysis. (Active muscle contraction is not detected) | 5 |
Minimal: visible muscle contraction without movement. (Some muscle contraction can be seen or palpated, without movement) | 4 |
Low: movement, gravity removed. (Can move in the absence of gravity) | 3 |