Repeated assessment of temporomandibular joint pain: Reasoned decision-making with use of unidimensional and multidimensional pain scales

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 107-115

  Kropmans, Thomas J B ^a   Dijkstra, Pieter U ^a   Stegenga, Boudewijn ^a   Stewart, Roy ^a   De Bont, Lambert G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Decision; Generalizability; Pain rating index; Reliability; Temporomandibular disorders; Visual analog scales

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FACIAL PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDERS;

EID: 0036197364     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002508-200203000-00006     Document Type: Article

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