Table 3.

Hierarchy of pain measures

Rank	Measure
1	WOMAC pain sub-scale (Likert: 0–20; VAS: 0–500)
2	Pain during activity (VAS: 0–100)
3	Pain during walking (VAS: 0–100)
4	Global knee pain (VAS: 0–100)
5	Pain at rest (VAS: 0–100)
6	SF-36 bodily pain (BP) sub-scale (0–100)
7	HAQ pain sub-scale (0–100; 0–3), Lequesne algofunctional index pain sub-scale (0–8), AIMS pain sub-scale (0–10) Knee-Specific Pain Scale (KSPS) McGill Pain Questionnaire – pain intensity (0–50) ASES pain sub-scale (10–100) Schmerzempfindungsskala (SES) Pain Perception Scale
8	Pain at night (VAS: 0–100), Pain during activity (NRS: 0–10), Pain on walking (NRS:0–10), Number of painful days (days)

AIMS Arthritis Impact Measurement Scales; ASES American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Shoulder Score; HAQ Health Assessment Questionnaire; NRS numeric rating scale; SF-36 36-Item Short Form Survey; WOMAC Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index; VAS visual analog scale