Pain Measurement - Methods
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Enduring reversal of neuropathic pain by a single intrathecal injection of adenosine 2A receptor agonists: a novel therapy for neuropathic pain.

2 Nov 2009 Previous studies of peripheral immune cells have documented that activation of adenosine 2A receptors (A(2A)Rs) decrease proinflammatory cytokine release and increase release of the potent anti-inflammatory cytokine, interleukin-10 (IL-10). Given ... Read more...

Brain gray matter decrease in chronic pain is the consequence and not the cause of pain.

2 Nov 2009 Recently, local morphologic alterations of the brain in areas ascribable to the transmission of pain were reported in patients suffering from chronic pain. Although some authors discussed these findings as damage or loss of brain gray matter, one of ... Read more...

The use of mandibular nerve block to predict safe anaesthetic induction in patients with acute trismus.

30 Oct 2009 Acute trismus can be caused by pain, muscle spasm, swelling or mechanical obstruction. Unfortunately, the cause is not always obvious during pre-operative airway assessment. In this pilot study, we prospectively evaluated mandibular nerve block as a ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Pain Measurement - Methods'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Enduring reversal of neuropathic pain by a single intrathecal injection of adenosine 2A receptor agonists: a novel therapy for neuropathic pain. 2 Nov 2009
• Brain gray matter decrease in chronic pain is the consequence and not the cause of pain. 2 Nov 2009
• The use of mandibular nerve block to predict safe anaesthetic induction in patients with acute trismus. 30 Oct 2009
• Pain management and sedation for children in the emergency department. 28 Oct 2009
• Inhibitor kappaB Kinase beta deficiency in primary nociceptive neurons increases TRP channel sensitivity. 12 Oct 2009
• Retrograde viral vector-mediated inhibition of pontospinal noradrenergic neurons causes hyperalgesia in rats. 12 Oct 2009
• [Pain assessment in dementia] 6 Oct 2009
• Introduction: Recommendations for the diagnosis, assessment, and treatment of neuropathic pain. 29 Sep 2009
• Visually induced analgesia: seeing the body reduces pain. 28 Sep 2009
• Astroglia in medullary dorsal horn (trigeminal spinal subnucleus caudalis) are involved in trigeminal neuropathic pain mechanisms. 7 Sep 2009
• Motor unit recruitment strategies are altered during deep-tissue pain. 31 Aug 2009
• Using normalized EMG to define the nociceptive flexion reflex (NFR) threshold: further evaluation of standardized NFR scoring criteria. 30 Aug 2009
• Both happy and sad melodies modulate tonic human heat pain. 30 Aug 2009
• Development and preliminary testing of a computerized adaptive assessment of chronic pain. 30 Aug 2009
• [The improvement in care of patients with severe burns] 30 Aug 2009
• Older adults' pain communication: the effect of interruption. 30 Aug 2009
• Quantitative sensory testing in measurement of neuropathic pain phenomena and other sensory abnormalities. 30 Aug 2009
• Quantitative sensory testing and mapping: a review of nonautomated quantitative methods for examination of the patient with neuropathic pain. 30 Aug 2009
• A single point acupuncture treatment at large intestine meridian: a randomized controlled trial in acute tonsillitis and pharyngitis. 30 Aug 2009
• Taking up the challenge of measuring prolonged pain in (premature) neonates: the COMFORTneo scale seems promising. 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Pain Measurement'

Definition: Scales, questionnaires, tests, and other methods used to assess pain severity and duration in patients or experimental animals to aid in diagnosis, therapy, and physiological studies.

Descriptor UI: D010147

Alternative terms: Pain Measurement; Measurement, Pain; Measurements, Pain; Pain Measurements; Pain Assessment; Nociception Tests; Nociception Test; Test, Nociception; Tests, Nociception; Analgesia Tests; Analgesia Test; Test, Analgesia; Tests, Analgesia; Assessment, Pain; Assessments, Pain; Pain Assessments; Visual Analog Scale; Scale, Visual Analog; Scales, Visual Analog; Visual Analog Scales; Visual Analogue Pain Scale; Visual Analogue Scale; Analogue Scale, Visual; Analogue Scales, Visual; Scale, Visual Analogue; Scales, Visual Analogue; Visual Analogue Scales; Visual Analog Pain Scale; McGill Pain Questionnaire; Pain Questionnaire, McGill; Questionnaire, McGill Pain; McGill Pain Scale; Pain Scale, McGill; Scale, McGill Pain; Tourniquet Pain Test; Pain Test, Tourniquet; Pain Tests, Tourniquet; Test, Tourniquet Pain; Tests, Tourniquet Pain; Tourniquet Pain Tests; Analogue Pain Scale; Analogue Pain Scales; Pain Scale, Analogue; Pain Scales, Analogue; Scale, Analogue Pain; Scales, Analogue Pain; Analog Pain Scale; Analog Pain Scales; Pain Scale, Analog; Pain Scales, Analog; Scale, Analog Pain; Scales, Analog Pain; Formalin Test; Formalin Tests; Test, Formalin; Tests, Formalin;

Related Mesh Headings: Sensory Thresholds; Pain Threshold;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; drug effects; economics; history; instrumentation; methods; mortality; nursing; psychology; radiation effects; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics;

Tree Number: E01.370.376.550.600;

History Note: 87