Articles: pain-measurement.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Therapeutic Advantages of Frequent Physical Therapy Sessions for Patients with Lumbar Spinal Stenosis.
A retrospective study of a randomized clinical trial and a prospective study of patients with lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS). ⋯ 3.
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Med Probl Perform Art · Jun 2020
ReviewCharacteristics, Properties, and Associations of Self-Assessed Pain Questionnaires: A Literature Review and Prospective Cohort Study Among Dance Students.
To provide an overview of measurement properties of the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center Questionnaire (OSTRCQ), pain visual analogue scale (VAS-pain) and Self-Estimated Functional Inability Because of Pain (SEFIP) scale in dance populations, and to investigate the relationship between these questionnaires in pre-professional contemporary dancers. ⋯ Studies on measurement properties of questionnaires in dance are scarce. Weak/moderate associations were found between the OSTRCQ, SEFIP, and the VAS-pain questionnaires. Future high-quality research should investigate measurement properties of these questionnaires within dance populations. The results contribute by substantiating choices when developing a surveillance system.
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Pediatric emergency care · Jun 2020
Observational StudyPatient-Reported Pain Outcomes for Children Attending an Emergency Department With Limb Injury.
The aim of this study was to describe patient-reported pain outcomes at various stages of an emergency department (ED) visit for pediatric limb injury. ⋯ These results on the location and predictors of severe pain during an ED visit for limb injury can be used to target interventions to improve pain management and patient outcomes.
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The assessment of painful areas through printed body charts is a simple way for clinicians to identify patients with widespread pain in primary care. However, there is a lack in the literature about a simple and automated method designed to analyze pain drawings in body charts in clinical practice. ⋯ PainMAP software is reliable and valid for quantification of the number of pain sites and the pain area in patients with low back pain.