Responsiveness and minimal important changes for the Neck Disability Index and the Neck Pain Disability Scale in Italian subjects with chronic neck pain

European Spine Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2821-2827

  Monticone, Marco ^a   Ambrosini, Emilia ^a,b   Vernon, Howard ^c   Brunati, Roberto ^a   Rocca, Barbara ^a   Foti, Calogero ^d   Ferrante, Simona ^b  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c CANADIAN MEMORIAL CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic neck pain; Minimal important changes; NDI; NPDS; Responsiveness

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; CHANGE THEORY; CHRONIC PAIN; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISABILITY; DISABILITY SEVERITY; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; GLOBAL PERCEIVED EFFECT; HUMAN; ITALIAN (CITIZEN); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMAL IMPORTANT CHANGE; NECK DISABILITY INDEX; NECK PAIN; NECK PAIN DISABILITY SCALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REHABILITATION CARE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ITALY; PSYCHOMETRY;

CHRONIC PAIN; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 84948102557     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-015-3785-5     Document Type: Article

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