A Novel Tool for the Assessment of Pain: Validation in Low Back Pain

Joachim Scholz; Richard J. Mannion; Daniela E. Hord; Robert S. Griffin; Bhupendra Rawal; Hui Zheng; Daniel Scoffings; Amanda Phillips; Jianli Guo; Rodney J. C. Laing; Salahadin Abdi; Isabelle Decosterd; Clifford J. Woolf

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000047

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A Novel Tool for the Assessment of Pain: Validation in Low Back Pain

Joachim Scholz ,

* E-mail: scholz.joachim@mgh.harvard.edu

Affiliation Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Richard J. Mannion,

Affiliation Academic Neurosurgery Unit, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Daniela E. Hord,

Affiliation Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Robert S. Griffin,

Affiliation Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Bhupendra Rawal,

Affiliation Massachusetts General Hospital Biostatistics Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Hui Zheng,

Affiliation Massachusetts General Hospital Biostatistics Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Daniel Scoffings,

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Amanda Phillips,

Affiliation Department of Physiotherapy Services, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Jianli Guo,

Affiliation Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Rodney J. C. Laing,

Affiliation Academic Neurosurgery Unit, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Salahadin Abdi,

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine, and Pain Management, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America
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Isabelle Decosterd,

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Center, and Department of Cell Biology and Morphology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Clifford J. Woolf

Affiliation Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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A Novel Tool for the Assessment of Pain: Validation in Low Back Pain

Joachim Scholz,
Richard J. Mannion,
Daniela E. Hord,
Robert S. Griffin,
Bhupendra Rawal,
Hui Zheng,
Daniel Scoffings,
Amanda Phillips,
Jianli Guo,
Rodney J. C. Laing

Published: April 7, 2009
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000047

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