Reliability of Visual Analog and Verbal Descriptor Scales for “Objective” Measurement of Temporomandibular Disorder Pain

Journal of Dental Research

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 33-36

  le Resche, L ^a   Burgess, J ^a,b   Dworkin, S F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DENTIST; FACE PAIN; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PALPATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; VALIDATION STUDY; VIDEORECORDING;

DECISION MAKING; DENTISTS; FACIAL PAIN; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PALPATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0023952634     PISSN: 00220345     EISSN: 15440591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00220345880670010601     Document Type: Article

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