The Evaluation of Change in Pain Intensity: A Comparison of the P4 and Single-Item Numeric Pain Rating Scales

Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 187-193

  Spadoni, Gregory F ^a,b,d   Stratford, Paul W ^b,c   Solomon, Patricia E ^b   Wishart, Laurie R ^b  

^a ProActive Physiotherapy Clinic   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c School of Rehabilitation Science   (Canada)

^d ProActive Physiotherapy   (Canada)

Author keywords

Measurement; Outcome; Reliability; Responsiveness; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 16544394792     PISSN: 01906011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2519/jospt.2004.34.4.187     Document Type: Article

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