A novel tool for the assessment of pain: Validation in low back pain

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Scholz, Joachim ^a   Mannion, Richard J ^b   Hord, Daniela E ^a   Griffin, Robert S ^a   Rawal, Bhupendra ^a   Zheng, Hui ^a   Scoffings, Daniel ^b   Phillips, Amanda ^b   Guo, Jianli ^a   Laing, Rodney J C ^b   Abdi, Salahadin ^c   Decosterd, Isabelle ^d   Woolf, Clifford J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; GLUCOCORTICOID; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZED EVALUATION OF PAIN; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DECISION TREES; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; NEURALGIA, POSTHERPETIC; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65449166915     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000047     Document Type: Article

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