Pain measurement in TMD patients: Evaluation of precision and sensitivity of different scales

Journal of Oral Rehabilitation

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 534-539

  Conti, Paulo César Rodrigues ^a,b   De Azevedo, Luciana Reis ^a   De Souza, Natalia Viana Waltric ^a   Ferreira, Fábio Venturini ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Department of Prosthodontics ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Pain; Self rating scales; TMD

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; FACIAL PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCLUSAL SPLINTS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035379871     PISSN: 0305182X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2842.2001.00727.x     Document Type: Review

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