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Measures of adult pain: Visual Analog Scale for Pain (VAS Pain), Numeric Rating Scale for Pain (NRS Pain), McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ), Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire (SF-MPQ), Chronic Pain Grade Scale (CPGS), Short Form-36 Bodily Pain Scale (SF-36 BPS), and Measure of Intermittent and Constant Osteoarthritis Pain (ICOAP)

  1. Gillian A. Hawker*,
  2. Samra Mian,
  3. Tetyana Kendzerska,
  4. Melissa French

Article first published online: 7 NOV 2011

DOI: 10.1002/acr.20543

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Arthritis Care & Research

Supplement: Special Outcomes

Volume 63, Issue Supplement S11, pages S240–S252, November 2011

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Hawker, G. A., Mian, S., Kendzerska, T. and French, M. (2011), Measures of adult pain: Visual Analog Scale for Pain (VAS Pain), Numeric Rating Scale for Pain (NRS Pain), McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ), Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire (SF-MPQ), Chronic Pain Grade Scale (CPGS), Short Form-36 Bodily Pain Scale (SF-36 BPS), and Measure of Intermittent and Constant Osteoarthritis Pain (ICOAP). Arthritis Care Res, 63: S240–S252. doi: 10.1002/acr.20543

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  1. University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

*Canadian Osteoarthritis Research Program, 76 Grenville Street, 8th Floor, Room 815, Women's College Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S 1B2

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  1. Issue published online: 7 NOV 2011
  2. Article first published online: 7 NOV 2011
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 20 JUN 2011
  4. Manuscript Received: 2 FEB 2011

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