Criteria | Assessment | Score (Points) |
Pain | Intense and permanent | 0 |
Severe even at night | 1 | |
Severe when walking, prevents any activity | 2 | |
Tolerable with limited activity | 3 | |
Mild when walking, disappearing at rest | 4 | |
Mild and inconsistent; normal activity | 5 | |
Mobility | Ankylosis with bad position of hip | 0 |
No movement, pain or slight deformity | 1 | |
Flexion < 40˚ | 2 | |
Flexion 40˚ - 59˚ | 3 | |
Flexion 60˚ - 79˚, foot can be reached | 4 | |
Flexion 80˚ - 90˚, abduction of at least 15˚ | 5 | |
Flexion exceeds 90˚, abduction of 30˚ | 6 | |
Ability to walk | None | 0 |
Only with crutches | 1 | |
Only with canes | 2 | |
With one cane, less than an hour, very difficult without cane | 3 | |
A long time with a cane, short time without cane and limping | 4 | |
Without cane, slight limp | 5 | |
Normal | 6 | |
Absolute results for hip function | Very good | 11 - 12 |
Good | 10 | |
Medium | 9 | |
Fair | 8 | |
Poor | ≤7 | |
Relative results | Very great improvement | ≥12 |
Great improvement | 7 - 11 | |
Fair improvement | 3 - 6 | |
Failure | ≤2 |