[The use of scales and questionnaires in vertebrology].

Assessment of treatment results using standardized questionnaires became a routine for clinical studies in all European spinal centers and in a number of Russian clinics. Questionnaires and scales that are commonly used in spine surgery are systemized in the present paper as follows: SF-6, SF-12, ODI, RDQ, QBPDQ, BPFS, VAS, NRS, CPGQ, MPQ, WLQ, Macnab, Prolo, LBOS. Recommendations on the analysis of data obtained with the help of these scale are presented.