Parsimonious collection of pain descriptors: Classification and calibration by pain patients

Journal of Pain

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 444-450

  Fernandez, Ephrem ^a   Krusz, John Claude ^b   Hall, Stephanie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b Anodyne Headache and PainCare   (United States)

Author keywords

classification; information theory; language; measurement; Pain descriptors; pain intensity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHRONIC PAIN; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMAN; INCISION; LANGUAGE; LIGATION; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PUNCTURE;

CALIBRATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 79953283180     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2010.10.011     Document Type: Article

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