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Pain Measurement
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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.
See Also
Pain Threshold
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Sensory Thresholds
Other names
Visual Analogue Pain Scale; Tourniquet Pain Test; Pain Assessment; Nociception Tests; McGill Pain Questionnaire; Formalin Test; Analogue Pain Scale; Analgesia Tests; Tourniquet Pain Tests; Tests, Tourniquet Pain; Tests, Nociception; Tests, Formalin; Tests, Analgesia; Test, Tourniquet Pain; Test, Nociception; Test, Formalin; Test, Analgesia; Scales, Analogue Pain; Scales, Analog Pain; Scale, McGill Pain
