Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 58, Issue 6 , Pages 618-623 , June 2005

Visual Analog Scale pain reporting was standardized

  • Robert L. Kane

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Outcomes Research Center, University of Minnesota, D351 Mayo (MMC 197), Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
    • School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: 612-624-1185; fax: 612-624-8448.
    • ,
  • Boris Bershadsky

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Outcomes Research Center, University of Minnesota, D351 Mayo (MMC 197), Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
    • School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
    • ,
  • Todd Rockwood

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Outcomes Research Center, University of Minnesota, D351 Mayo (MMC 197), Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
    • School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
    • ,
  • Khaled Saleh

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Outcomes Research Center, University of Minnesota, D351 Mayo (MMC 197), Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
    • School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
    • Department of Orthopedics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
    • Present address: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
    • ,
  • Nazir C. Islam

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Outcomes Research Center, University of Minnesota, D351 Mayo (MMC 197), Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
    • School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA

,Accepted 1 November 2004.

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PII: S0895-4356(04)00326-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2004.11.017

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 58, Issue 6 , Pages 618-623 , June 2005

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