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Since pain perception is highly subjective and culturally mediated, its objective evaluation remains difficult. Nevertheless, pain measurement should ideally be a part of the assessment of patients in order to plan adequate pain relief.
Gianfranco Cervellin +12 more
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The Validity, Reliability, Measurement Error, and Minimum Detectable Change of the 30‐Second Fast‐Paced Walk Test in Persons with Knee Osteoarthritis: A Novel Test of Short‐Distance Walking Ability [PDF]
Objective To develop and establish the reliability, validity, measurement error, and minimum detectable change of a novel 30‐second fast‐paced walk test (30SFW) in persons with knee osteoarthritis (OA) that is easy to administer and can quantify walking ...
Folkins, DPT, Erik +3 more
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Background A common method of pain assessment is the numerical rating scale, where patients are asked to rate their pain on a scale from 0 to 10, where 0 is “no pain” and 10 is “pain as bad as you can imagine”.
Amy L. Tin +7 more
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Gender Differences in Demographic and Clinical Correlates among Veterans with Musculoskeletal Disorders [PDF]
Background Studies suggest that women may be at greater risk for developing chronic pain and pain-related disability. Methods Because musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) are the most frequently endorsed painful conditions among veterans, we sought ...
Bair, Matthew J. +12 more
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Effects of spiritual care training for palliative care professionals [PDF]
Little is known about the effects of spiritual care training for professionals in palliative medicine. We therefore investigated prospectively the effects of such training over a six-month period.
Association of Hospice +11 more
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Objective To investigate the outcome of total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH) and postoperative pain characteristics and compare the pain severity after TLH for adenomyosis or uterine fibroids.Methods This prospective observational study collected 101 ...
Qing Wu +5 more
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Effects of Acupotomy on a Dorsal Wrist Ganglion Cyst with Ultrasonography: A Case Report with a 7-Month Follow-up [PDF]
Background This study was conducted to evaluate the clinical effect of acupotomy, a newly upcoming acupuncture treatment method for a dorsal wrist ganglion cyst.
Jae Hoon Kim +5 more
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Construction of prediction model for chronic postsurgical pain after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery [PDF]
Objective To construct a prognostic prediction model for chronic postsurgical pain after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery and develop a risk evaluation tool.
ZHANG Le, YUAN Yuchen, ZHANG Yuelun, SHEN Le
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AbstractAim and objectivesTo validate the Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) for postoperative nausea assessments, and determine whether a central tendency, median, based on patients’ self‐rated nausea is a clinically applicable daily measure to describe patients’ nausea after major surgery.BackgroundPostoperative nausea causes major discomfort, risks for ...
Lotta Wikström +3 more
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Measurement(s) brain measurement • physiological measurement • behavioral measurement • Heart Rate • Attention Concentration • Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index • Hours of Actual Sleep at Night • Sleepiness • Decreased vigilance • Mood • Pain or Discomfort ...
Nigel Gebodh +3 more
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