The lefs can be used by clinicians as a measure of patients' initial function, ongoing progress and outcome, as well as to set functional goals. It is a widely used tool to evaluate the extent to which lower limb pain or disability is affecting a patient's activities of daily living. The lower extremity functional scale (lefs) is intended to assess functional status in patients with disability of the lower extremity (e.g., hip, thigh, knee, leg, ankle, foot)
Mariya Lefter / lef.ter / lef.ter -lefter / mas halefter / mashalefter
It was first developed by binkley et al
(1999) in a group of patients with various musculoskeletal conditions [1] like thr, tkr, oa of hip etc.
Lefs addresses to patients with pain disabilities and disorders affecting one or both lower extremities and is often performed to determine the effectiveness of orthopedic interventions A similar scale is used for upper extremity functional status. The test can be used to evaluate the impairment of a patient with lower extremity musculoskeletal condition or disorders Can be used clinically to measure the patients’ initial function, ongoing progress, and outcome as well as to set functional goals
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