Long-term reliable change of pain scores in individual myogenous TMD patients

European Journal of Pain

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 635-643

  van Grootel, Robert J ^a   van der Bilt, Andries ^a   van der Glas, Hilbert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Decision; Pain rating; Reliability; Temporomandibular disorders; Visual analogue scales

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLD PRESSOR TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAW DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTICATION; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCLUSAL SPLINTS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMATOGNATHIC SYSTEM; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249301711     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: 15322149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2006.10.003     Document Type: Article

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