Pain drawing in the assessment of neurogenic pain and dysfunction in the neck/shoulder Region: Inter-Examiner reliability and concordance with clinical examination

Pain Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 134-146

  Bertilson, Bo C ^a,c   Grunnesjö, Marie ^b   Johansson, Sven Erik ^a   Strender, Lars Erik ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Torvalla Sport Medical Clinic   (Sweden)

^c CeFAM   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Neck Shoulder Region; Neurogenic Dysfunction; Pain Drawing; Physical Examination; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRAWING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTERVIEW; MALE; NECK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RADIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOULDER PAIN;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PATIENTS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SHOULDER PAIN;

EID: 33846952833     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2006.00145.x     Document Type: Article

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