A comparison of visual analog and graphic rating scales for assessing pain following delayed onset muscle soreness

Journal of Sport Rehabilitation

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 38-46

  Mattacola, Carl G ^a   Perrin, David H ^b   Gansneder, Bruce M ^b   Allen, Jennifer D ^d   Mickey, Cheryl A ^c  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c Waynesburg College   (United States)

^d NONE

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MYALGIA; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0031045673     PISSN: 10566716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsr.6.1.38     Document Type: Article

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