The Percentage Improvement in Pain Scale as a measure of physiotherapy treatment effects

Australian Journal of Physiotherapy

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 133-138

  Gridley, Lisa ^a   Van Den Dolder, Paul A ^a  

^a Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

Author keywords

Pain measurement; Physical therapy; Reproducibility of results; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT CARE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF REPORT; SHOULDER PAIN; SPINAL PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0035784385     PISSN: 00049514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0004-9514(14)60304-4     Document Type: Article

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