The Descriptor Differential Scale: applying psychophysical principles to clinical pain assessment

Pain

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1988, Pages 279-288

  Gracely, Richard H ^a   Kwilosz, Donna M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Descriptor Differential Scale; Pain

Indexed keywords

DENTAL SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NOCICEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHOPHYSICS; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

EID: 0024209293     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3959(88)90138-8     Document Type: Article

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