The history of pain measurement in humans and animals. [PDF]
Front Pain Res (Lausanne), 2022 Pain needs to be measured in order to be studied and managed. Pain measurement strategies in both humans and non-human animals have varied widely over the years and continue to evolve.
Mogil JS.
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A machine-vision approach for automated pain measurement at millisecond timescales. [PDF]
Elife, 2020 Objective and automatic measurement of pain in mice remains a barrier for discovery in both basic and translational neuroscience. Here we capture rapid paw kinematics during pain behavior in mice with high-speed videography and automated paw tracking ...
Jones JM +9 more
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Pain measurement techniques: spotlight on mechanically ventilated patients. [PDF]
J Pain Res, 2018 Background Procedural pain is a frequent problem in intensive care units (ICUs). For that, pain assessment has been increasingly introduced to the ICU professional’s routine, and studies have been developed to show the relevance of measuring pain in ...
Azevedo-Santos IF, DeSantana JM.
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Why Unidimensional Pain Measurement Prevails in the Pediatric Acute Pain Context and What Multidimensional Self-Report Methods Can Offer. [PDF]
Children (Basel), 2019 Although pain is widely recognized to be a multidimensional experience and defined as such, unidimensional pain measurement focusing on pain intensity prevails in the pediatric acute pain context.
Jaaniste T +5 more
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Pain measurement in oral and maxillofacial surgery. [PDF]
J Dent Anesth Pain Med, 2017 Regardless of whether it is acute or chronic, the assessment of pain should be simple and practical. Since the intensity of pain is thought to be one of the primary factors that determine its effect on a human's overall function and sense, there are many
Sirintawat N +3 more
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Pain Measurement through Temperature Changes in Children Undergoing Dental Extractions. [PDF]
Pain Res Manag, 2016 Background and Objective. Pain evaluation in children can be a difficult task, since it possesses sensory and affective components that are often hard to discriminate. Infrared thermography has previously been used as a diagnostic tool for pain detection
Kolosovas-Machuca ES +6 more
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Barriers to Chronic Pain Measurement: A Qualitative Study of Patient Perspectives. [PDF]
Pain Med, 2015 OBJECTIVE Preliminary evidence suggests that chronic pain patients complete pain intensity measures using idiosyncratic methods. Our objective was to understand these methods and how they might impact the psychometric properties of the instruments ...
Robinson-Papp J +3 more
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Reliability of the Visual Analog Scale for Measurement of Acute Pain
Academic Emergency Medicine, 2001 OBJECTIVE Reliable and valid measures of pain are needed to advance research initiatives on appropriate and effective use of analgesia in the emergency department (ED).
Polly E. Bijur +2 more
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Person-Centred Pain Measurement in the ICU: A Multicentre Clinimetric Comparison Study of Pain Behaviour Observation Scales in Critically Ill Adult Patients with Burns [PDF]
European Burn JournalPain in critically ill adults with burns should be assessed using structured pain behavioural observation measures. This study tested the clinimetric qualities and usability of the behaviour pain scale (BPS) and the critical-care pain observation tool ...
Alette E. E. de Jong +3 more
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Pediatric Pain Measurement, Assessment, and Evaluation. [PDF]
Semin Pediatr Neurol, 2016 Manworren RC, Stinson J.
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