The Journal of Pain
Volume 10, Issue 4 , Pages 398-407 , April 2009

A Modified Version of the Non-Communicating Children Pain Checklist-Revised, Adapted to Adults With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Sensitivity to Pain and Internal Consistency

  • Meir Lotan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, Section for Physiotherapy Science, University of Bergen, Norway
    • Department of Physical Therapy, College of Judea and Samara, Ariel, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Dr. Lotan Meir, 67th Rothschild Street, Kfar-Saba, Israel, 44201.
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  • Elisabeth A. Ljunggren

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, Section for Physiotherapy Science, University of Bergen, Norway
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  • Tom B. Johnsen

      Affiliations

    • Psychometric Unit, Faculty of Psychology, University of Bergen, Norway
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  • Ruth Defrin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Therapy, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
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  • Chaim G. Pick

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
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  • Liv I. Strand

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, Section for Physiotherapy Science, University of Bergen, Norway

Received 22 December 2007 ,Revised 8 September 2008 ,Accepted 24 September 2008.

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 Supported by a grant from the “Shalem” Foundation for the development of services for the challenged individual.

PII: S1526-5900(08)00766-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2008.09.006

The Journal of Pain
Volume 10, Issue 4 , Pages 398-407 , April 2009

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