Grading the intensity of nondental orofacial pain: Identification of cutoff points for mild, moderate, and severe pain [PDF]
, 2015 Background: When assessing pain in clinical practice, clinicians often label pain as mild, moderate, and severe. However, these categories are not distinctly defined, and are often used arbitrarily.
Brailo, V, Zakrzewska, JM
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Pain detection with bioimpedance methodology from 3-dimensional exploration of nociception in a postoperative observational trial [PDF]
, 2020 Although the measurement of dielectric properties of the skin is a long-known tool for assessing the changes caused by nociception, the frequency modulated response has not been considered yet.
Copot, Dana +4 more
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A robot hand testbed designed for enhancing embodiment and functional neurorehabilitation of body schema in subjects with upper limb impairment or loss. [PDF]
, 2015 Many upper limb amputees experience an incessant, post-amputation "phantom limb pain" and report that their missing limbs feel paralyzed in an uncomfortable posture.
Eric eChang +5 more
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Pain threshold assessment in relation to neural mobilization therapy = Avaliação do limiar de dor frente à terapia com mobilização neural [PDF]
Acta Scientiarum. Health Sciences, 2012 Nervous System Mobilization is used to restore the biomechanics of the nervous system and adjacent structures, promoting the return to their duties. This study evaluated the pain threshold to pressure, to cold, and the cold pain intensity in healthy ...
Anaíma Lopes Frutos +3 more
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Journal of Indian Academy of Oral Medicine and Radiology, 2022 Background: Mouth dissolving film (MDF) is a fast-dissolving drug delivery system that provides a practical means to administer drugs not just to special populations with swallowing difficulties but also to the general public. MDFs are novel dosage forms
M Aparna Vijayan +2 more
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Symptom Domain Groups of the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System Tools Independently Predict Hospitalizations and Re-hospitalizations in Cirrhosis [PDF]
, 2017 Background Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) tools can identify health-related quality of life (HRQOL) domains that could differentially affect disease progression.
Bajaj, Jasmohan S. +14 more
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Measuring Exhaled Propofol in an Ex Vivo Lung Model with Low-Cost Metal Oxide Gas Sensors
ProceedingsHerein, commercially available MOS gas sensors running in temperature cycling operations are studied for the online monitoring of propofol in an ex vivo ventilation and perfusion lung model.
Christian Bur +6 more
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Analysis of surgical treatment of chronic neuropathic pain after simple cauda equina injury
Chinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery, 2022 Objective To analyze the surgical strategy, efficacy and long⁃term safety of chronic neuropathic pain (NP) after simple cauda equina injury. Methods The clinical data of patients with chronic NP after cauda equina injury treated by dorsal root entry zone
NI Bing +5 more
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Journal of Pain Research, 2020 Jason Ju In Chan,1 Chin Wen Tan,1,2 Cheng Teng Yeam,2 Rehena Sultana,3 Alex Tiong Heng Sia,1,2 Ashraf Samir Habib,4 Ban Leong Sng1,2 1Department of Women’s Anesthesia, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Singapore; 2Anesthesiology and ...
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Deriving health state utilities for the numerical pain rating scale
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2011 Background The use of patient reported outcome measures within cost-effectiveness analysis has become commonplace. However, specific measures are required that produce values, referred to as 'utilities', that are capable of generating quality adjusted ...
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