A multi-center study for validating the complaint of chronic back, neck, and limb pain using "the Mensana Clinic Pain Validity Test".

From: The Forensic Examiner | Date: June 22, 2005| Author: Bringham, Christopher; Cashen, Ann; Catlett, L.; Graybill, B. Todd; Gronblad, Mats; Hendler, Nelson; Hendler, Sam; LeRoy, Peirre; Osborne, Phillip | Copyright information

Abstract

A retrospective chart review was conducted in seven private practice offices in order to evaluate the ability of the Mensana Clinic Pain Validity Test (PVT) to predict the presence or absence of physical abnormalities in patients with chronic back, neck, or limb pain. In this study, 251 patients with complaints of chronic back and/or limb pain were evaluated. A study seeking correlation between the scores on the Mensana Clinic PVT and objective measures of organ...

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