Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 4 , Pages 516-523 , April 2006

Internal Consistency, Stability, and Validity of the Spinal Cord Injury Version of the Multidimensional Pain Inventory

  • Eva G. Widerström-Noga, DDS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • VA Medical Center, Miami, FL
    • Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, Miami, FL
    • Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Eva G. Widerström-Noga, DDS, PhD, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, PO Box 016906 (R-48), Lois Pope Life Center, Miami, FL 33101
    • ,
  • Yenisel Cruz-Almeida, MSPH

      Affiliations

    • VA Medical Center, Miami, FL
    • Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, Miami, FL
    • Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL
    • ,
  • Alberto Martinez-Arizala, MD

      Affiliations

    • VA Medical Center, Miami, FL
    • Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, Miami, FL
    • Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL
    • ,
  • Dennis C. Turk, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA

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 Supported by the Veterans Affairs Rehabilitation Research and Development Service (grant nos. B3070R, B26566C) and the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis.No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the authors or upon any organization with which the authors are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(06)00031-1

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2005.12.036

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 4 , Pages 516-523 , April 2006

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