Osteoarthritis patients with pain improvement are highly likely to also have improved quality of life and functioning. A post hoc analysis of a clinical trial

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
8623388	Scandinavian Journal of Pain	2016	7 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Good pain improvements in osteoarthritis with a valid pain instrument are a proxy for good improvements in both function and quality of life. Therefore proper osteoarthritis pain assessment can lead to efficient evaluations in the clinic.

Keywords

MCs BPI SF-36 WOMAC IMMPACT Quality of life Osteoarthritis Function physical component summary mental component summary Pain PCs Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index brief pain inventory patient-reported outcome

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Health Sciences Medicine and Dentistry Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

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Osteoarthritis patients with pain improvement are highly likely to also have improved quality of life and functioning. A post hoc analysis of a clinical trial

Authors

Paul M. Peloso, R. Andrew Moore, Wen-Jer Chen, Hsiao-Yi Lin, Davis F. Gates, Walter L. Straus, Zoran Popmihajlov,