Smallest detectable difference of maximal mouth opening in patients with painfully restricted temporomandibular joint function

European Journal of Oral Sciences

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 9-13

  Kropmans, Thomas ^a   Dijkstra, Pieter ^a   Stegenga, Boudewijn ^a   Stewart, Roy ^b   De Bont, Lambert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Decision making; Generalizability; Reliability; Temporomandibular joint

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDERS;

EID: 0034133509     PISSN: 09098836     EISSN: 16000722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0722.2000.00747.x     Document Type: Article

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