In light of the findings he recommends physicians and therapists not ask their patients to keep pain diaries. (sciencedaily.com)
The study, published in the January edition of the journal Rheumatology International, examined the effect of a daily pain diary on recovery from acute lower back sprain. (sciencedaily.com)
Half the subjects were asked to keep a pain diary for four weeks and given instructions to rate their daily pain on a scale of one to ten. (sciencedaily.com)