Reproducibility of visual analog scale (VAS) pain scores to mechanical pressure

Cranio - Journal of Craniomandibular and Sleep Practice

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 250-256

  Goddard, Greg ^a,b   Karibe, Hiroyuki ^a,c   McNeill, Charles ^a,b,d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b American Board of Orofacial Pain   (United States)

^c NIPPON DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d American Board of Orofacial Pain ^*

^e International College of Dentists   (United States)

^f American Academy of Orofacial Pain   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MEASUREMENT; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE; RECORDING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 4344637672     PISSN: 08869634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/crn.2004.030     Document Type: Article

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