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The visual analogue scale: Its use in pain measurement

G. Langley, H. Sheppeard

2004RHEUMATOLOGY INTERNATIONAL

DOI: 10.1007/bf00541514

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The VAS is nonlinear and prone to bias which limits its use as a serial measure of pain severity, and the McGill Pain Questionnaire measuring several dimensions of pain appears to be a better alternative.

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LANGLEY, G.; SHEPPEARD, H. The visual analogue scale: Its use in pain measurement. RHEUMATOLOGY INTERNATIONAL, 2004, 5: 145–148.