A systematic review of the pain scales in adults: Which to use?

Özgür Karcıoğlu; Hakan Topaçoğlu; Özgür Dikme; Özlem Dikme

doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2018.01.008

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MedicineVisual analogue scaleRating scaleMEDLINESystematic reviewPhysical therapyAuditScale (ratio)UsabilityPain assessmentPain managementStatistics

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Publication Info

Year: 2018
Type: review
Volume: 36
Issue: 4
Pages: 707-714
Citations: 975
Access: Closed

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