Smallest Detectable Difference in Outcome Variables Related to Painful Restriction of the Temporomandibular Joint

Journal of Dental Research

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 784-789

  Kropmans, Th J B ^a,b   Dijkstra, R U ^a   Stegenga, B ^a   Stewart, R ^a   De Bont, L G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical decision; Decision study; Evidence based medicine; Generalizability study; Reliability; Statistics; Therapeutic outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; MANDIBLE; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER;

ADULT; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FACIAL PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBLE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDERS;

EID: 0033278015     PISSN: 00220345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00220345990780031101     Document Type: Article

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