Table 7.

Conversion values for functional limitation index and Oswestry

Index point value	Oswestry response
1 – Severely affected	2 – Pain prevents me from sitting/standing for more than 1 hour
	3 – Pain prevents me from sitting/standing for more than ½ hour
	4 – Pain prevents me from sitting/standing for more than 10 minutes
	5 – Pain prevents me from sitting/standing at all
2 – Moderately affected	1 – I can sit/stand as long as I like with pain or special accommodations
3 – Not affected	0 – I can sit/stand as long as I like