The presence and interrater reliability of thoracic allodynia in a whiplash cohort

Pain Physician

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 267-270

  Bock, Shannon L ^a   Centeno, Christopher J ^b   Elliott, James M ^a  

^a Centeno Clinic ^*  (United States)

^b Centeno Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Allodynia; Interrater reliability; Thoracic; Whiplash

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NECK PAIN; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; THORACIC SPINE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WHIPLASH INJURY;

EID: 23644452833     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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