Validation study of the Japanese version of the King's Parkinson's Disease Pain Scale and the King's Parkinson's Disease Pain Questionnaire

The King's Parkinson's Disease Pain Scale (KPPS)/King's Parkinson's Disease Pain Questionnaire (KPPQ) was developed as a tool to quantitatively assess pain in patients with Parkinson's disease (PwPD). Here, we conducted a Japanese multicenter validation study to verify the reliability of KPPS/KPPQ in Japanese PwPD.

Source: Parkinsonism and Related Disorders - January 26, 2024 Category: Neurology Authors: Kanako Kurihara, Shinsuke Fujioka, Yasuaki Mizutani, Hirohisa Watanabe, Kazuhiro Iwaoka, Tetsuya Maeda, Morinobu Seki, Toshiki Tezuka, Jin Nakahara, Takuya Konno, Takanobu Ishiguro, Osamu Onodera, Yuri Asano, Kazushi Takahashi, Alexandra Rizos, K. Ray Cha Source Type: research