The Pain Drawing as an Aid to the Psychologic Evaluation of Patients With Low-Back Pain

Authors :: A O Ransford
Douglas Cairns
Vert Mooney
Source :: Spine. 1:127-134
Publication Year :: 1976
Publisher :: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 1976.
Abstract: A study was undertaken to evaluate the possibility of using the pain drawing of a patient with low-back pain as a screening test to determine whether further psychologic evaluation was necessary. Using the analysis described, the pain drawing predicted a high or low hypochondriasis or hysteria scale

Subjects :: medicine.medical_specialty
Pain drawing
Screening test
business.industry
Hysteria
medicine.disease
Low back pain
Physical medicine and rehabilitation
medicine
Physical therapy
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Pain catastrophizing
Neurology (clinical)
medicine.symptom
business

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