Abstract
One hundred seven patients with low back pain without neurological deficit were evaluated using JOA Back Pain Evaluation Questionnaire (JOABPEQ). Every JOABPEQ score of the patients was significantly lower than that of the control. Every JOABPEQ score had a moderate positive correlation with the other, and each had a moderate negative correlation with VAS related to low back pain. Different outcomes of JOABPEQ score were obtained when the pain site was different. With or without pain at every level of the multifidus muscles, there were significant differences in the pain-related score of JOABPEQ. Patients with or without pain of the upper portion of the spine erector muscles showed significant differences in all JOABPEQ scores.
