They asked me to describe the pain but the pain defied description, on a scale from one to ten it demanded a different scale.

People who listen to music after having surgery report lower levels of pain and require less morphine than those who don't ...

Good correlation has been shown between pain scores derived from 4 different rating scales. The correlation was maintained when presentation of the scales was separated by a series of questions and by ...

Three commonly used pain scales, the visual analogue scale, the Wong-Baker Faces Pain Scale, and the Faces Pain Scale Revised were administered to 122 Thai children, of whom half were HIV infected, in ...

Numerical rating scales (NRS), and verbal rating scales (VRS) showed to be reliable and valid tools for subjective cancer pain measurement, but no one of them consistently proved to be superior to ...

In the first study of its kind, new research has shown that incorporating some running or jogging into a walking program is ...

This scale was developed to help doctors measure ... which results in swelling, stiffness, and pain. This inflammation involves the affected joints and the surrounding tissues, including tendon ...

Emotion regulation and pain catastrophizing influenced pain severity and interference in patients taking opioid medications for chronic noncancer pain.

A New Jersey resident who one day woke up and began experiencing the most excruciating pain of her life is now able to manage ...

At the end of the trial, participants in the run-walk group reported a remarkable average pain reduction of 15.3 points on a ...

Persistent pain is common in rheumatoid arthritis. But patient-reported outcomes tools can help clinicians determine a care plan.