Minimal clinically important changes in chronic musculoskeletal pain intensity measured on a numerical rating scale

European Journal of Pain

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 283-291

  Salaffi, Fausto ^a   Stancati, Andrea ^a   Silvestri, Carlo Alberto ^a   Ciapetti, Alessandro ^a   Grassi, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biometry; Chronic pain; Clinical trials; Musculoskeletal pain; Numerical rating scales; Pain measurement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BONE PAIN; CALCULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MYALGIA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3042706894     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2003.09.004     Document Type: Article

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