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Responsiveness of the Numeric Pain Rating Scale in Patients with Low Back Pain
Spine · 2005 · Vol. 30(11) · pp. 1331–1334
John D. Childs✉(Wilford Hall Medical Center)Sara R. Piva(University of Pittsburgh)Julie M. Fritz(American Physical Therapy Association)
Abstract
Clinicians can be confident that a 2-point change on the NPRS represents clinically meaningful change that exceeds the bounds of measurement error.
Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationSpine and Intervertebral Disc PathologyStroke Rehabilitation and RecoveryMedicineRating scaleReceiver operating characteristicPhysical therapyReliability (semiconductor)Standard errorMinimal clinically important differenceCohortRehabilitationLow back pain
MeSH terms
AdultDisability EvaluationFemaleHumansInfantMalePain MeasurementSurveys and QuestionnairesCohort StudiesLow Back PainPhysical Therapy Modalities
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