The pain intensity level in adolescents with primary dysmenorrhea

Pain Clinic

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 349-352

  Deŕman, Orhan ^a   Kanbur, Nuray Ö ^a   Baltaci, Gul ^b   Akbayrak, Turkan ^b   Tokur, Tulay ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Sch of Phys Ther and Rehab   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Clinical symptoms; Numeric scale; Pressure pain scale; Primary dysmenorrhea; Visual analogue scale

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DYSMENORRHEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; NAUSEA; NERVOUSNESS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRESSURE; RATING SCALE; VISION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING;

EID: 4744338648     PISSN: 01691112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568569041798353     Document Type: Article

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