1 Before you use it
What it is
The 0–10 category-ratio version, used for exertion, breathlessness and — in tendinopathy — pain during and after loading.
This is the scale behind the tendon loading rules your management sections use.
When to reach for it
Tendinopathy loading programmes above all — Achilles, patellar, gluteal, proximal hamstring, lateral elbow — and anywhere you are giving a patient permission to work into some discomfort.
Patterns it serves · 134
2 Giving it
Scoring
0 (nothing at all) to 10 (extremely strong), with a ratio structure allowing values above 10.
State what you are rating. Exertion, breathlessness and pain on the same 0–10 scale are three different measurements.
What it doesn’t measure
Distinguish good pain from bad pain, or replace the 24-hour response check.
3 Reading the score
Interpreting it
No verified thresholds are carried in our library and none are printed here.
The tendinopathy convention — pain up to about 4/10 during loading, settling within 24 hours — is a widely used clinical rule of thumb, and it should be taught as that rather than as an established threshold.
Is the change real?
Student trap. Giving a tendinopathy patient a 0–10 number without the 24-hour rule. The number during loading is only half the instruction.
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This is a learning tool. It does not diagnose patients and does not replace your clinical educator.
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