The Brazilian-Portuguese versions of the McGill Pain Questionnaire were reproducible, valid, and responsive in patients with musculoskeletal pain

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 903-912

  Da C Menezes Costa, Lucíola ^a   Maher, Christopher G ^a   McAuley, James H ^f   Hancock, Mark J ^a   Oliveira, Warley De Melo ^b   Azevedo, Daniel Camara ^c   Freitas Pozzi, Ludmilla Motta Andrade ^d   Pereira, André Roberto Scarpelli ^d   Costa, Leonardo Oliveira Pena ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Faculdade Pitagoras   (Brazil)

^c PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^d Vita Fisio Physiotherapy Home Care ^*

^e MASTERS AND DOCTORAL PROGRAMS IN PHYSICAL THERAPY   (Brazil)

^f NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinimetric properties; Cross cultural adaptation; McGill Pain Questionnaire; Reproducibility; Responsiveness; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PORTUGAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSLATING;

EID: 79959761391     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2010.12.009     Document Type: Article

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