Open-Source Anatomical Illustration for Digital Back Pain Documentation: Development and Feasibility Evaluation - Scorecard - MDSpire
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Development and Feasibility Testing of an Open-Source Anatomical Illustration Tool for Digital Back Pain Documentation

  • By

  • Yanick Xavier Lukic

  • Sonja Schläpfer

  • Alessandro Holler

  • Giovanni Colacicco

  • Dennis Baumli

  • Leana Wirth

  • Steven Häsler

  • Christoph J Laux

  • Reto Sutter

  • Georg Wilhelm Kajdi

  • Benedikt Herzog

  • Sebastiano Caprara

  • Claudia M Witt

  • Philipp Ackermann

  • October 15, 2026

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Clinical Scorecard: Development and Feasibility Testing of an Open-Source Anatomical Illustration Tool for Digital Back Pain Documentation

At a Glance

CategoryDetail
ConditionBack pain documentation
Key MechanismsDigital pain drawings record pain location; detailed anatomical representations, standardized labels, and terminology mappings are described as resources for data integration and longitudinal monitoring.
Target PopulationPeople with back pain; the supplied excerpt does not specify participants in the tool study.
Care SettingClinical and research documentation workflows involving pain drawings

Key Highlights

  • The introduction describes limitations of paper-based pain drawings, including variation in quality and standardization and obstacles to data integration.
  • The introduction describes digital pain drawings as supporting pain-area quantification, data integration, and longitudinal monitoring.
  • The source identifies heterogeneity in digitization techniques, pain-quantification methods, body schemas, and implementation workflows.
  • The source describes detailed anatomical representation, standardized labels, and terminology mappings as resources for clinical and research integration.

Guideline-Based Recommendations

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    Management

      Monitoring & Follow-up

        Risks

          Patient & Prescribing Data

          People with back pain; the supplied article excerpt does not specify study participant characteristics.

          The tool concerns documentation rather than treatment. The supplied excerpt does not report treatment outcomes or prescribing data.

          Clinical Best Practices

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