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Definition of 'Pain Measurement'

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.

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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Both happy and sad melodies modulate tonic human heat pain.

30 Aug 2009 The mechanism of music effects on pain perception remains to be elucidated. To determine which component (mood or valence) of music is more important in music-induced hypoalgesia, we compared the effects of 2 melodies with different moods (happy vs ... Read more...


Older adults' pain communication: the effect of interruption.

30 Aug 2009 The effect of interrupting older adults as they talk about their osteoarthritis pain was examined in a secondary analysis using a nonrandomized two-group design. Participants were part of a study in which older adults orally responded to a series of ... Read more...


Laterality of pain: modulation by placebo and participants' paranormal belief.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of placebo and paranormal belief on the laterality of pain perception. BACKGROUND: The right hemisphere is dominantly involved in both the mediation of pain sensation and the belief in paranormal phenomena. We ... Read more...

 

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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.

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Related Mesh Headings: Sensory Thresholds; Pain Threshold;

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