Pain drawing evaluation - The problem with the clinically biased surgeon: Intra- and interobserver agreement in 50 cases related to clinical bias

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 408-411

  Reigo, Tomas ^a   Tropp, Hans ^a   Timpka, Toomas ^b  

^a Eksjö Hospital   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRAWING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH;

EID: 0031711693     PISSN: 00016470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453679808999057     Document Type: Article

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