Pain assessment

European Spine Journal

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Haefeli, Mathias ^a   Elfering, Achim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Coping strategies in pain patients; Pain experience; Pain perception; Pain assessment instruments; Spinal surgery

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; BACK; CHRONIC PAIN; COPING BEHAVIOR; DRAWING; HUMAN; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; NOCICEPTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RATING SCALE; RESEARCH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPINE SURGERY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANXIETY; BACK PAIN; HUMANS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 31944446642     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-005-1044-x     Document Type: Review

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