Reclassification and rescaling of McGill Pain Questionnaire verbal descriptors of pain sensation: A replication

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 270-276

  Towery, Stuart ^a   Fernandez, Ephrem ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Intensity; McGill Pain Questionnaire; Pain descriptors; Replication; Sensation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; NOCICEPTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HUMANS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0029806558     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002508-199612000-00006     Document Type: Article

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