The use of the Visual Analo gue Scale (VAS) in rehabilitation outcomes

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 609-610

  Kersten, Paula ^a   Küçükdeveci, Ayse A ^b   Tennant, Alan ^c  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

HUMANS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865982723     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-0999     Document Type: Note

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