Open AccessValidity and sensitivity of visual analogue scales in young and older healthy subjects
Author(s) -
B. Tiplady,
Stephen H. Jackson,
VMENNE M. MASKREY,
Cameron G. Swift
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
age and ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1468-2834
pISSN - 0002-0729
DOI - 10.1093/ageing/27.1.63
Subject(s) - visual analogue scale , medicine , audiology , perception , psychology , physical therapy , neuroscience
Previous findings from studies on the acute effects of drugs indicate that older subjects report less change on visual analogue scales than do younger subjects, when the observed drug effects on objective performance measures are as great or greater.
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