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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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    Back pain is prevalent and disabling, making precise documentation important for diagnosis, treatment planning, and outcome monitoring.

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    Paper pain drawings vary in quality and standardization and can hinder detailed clinical integration and data exchange.

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    Digital pain drawings can support consistent pain-area quantification, data integration, and longitudinal monitoring.

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    Digital pain documentation remains heterogeneous in digitization methods, quantification, body schemas, and implementation workflows.

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    The article presents development and feasibility testing of an open-source anatomical illustration tool for digital back pain documentation.

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Open-Source Anatomical Illustration for Digital Back Pain Documentation: Development and Feasibility Evaluation

  • 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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