Assessment of Visual Analog versus Categorical Scale for Measurement of Osteoarthritis Pain

Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 368-372

  Averbuch, Mordechai ^a   Katzper, Meyer ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Categorical; Pain; Scale; Visual analog

Indexed keywords

NAPROXEN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAPROXEN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 1642340068     PISSN: 00912700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0091270004263995     Document Type: Article

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