A pain scale is a tool that doctors use to help assess a person’s pain. A person usually self-reports their pain using a specially designed scale, sometimes with the help of a doctor, parent, or ...

The largest contributor to global disability is low back pain, for which various treatments are available but are of limited efficacy. International clinical guidelines recommend low-dose ...

Cardiff University provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK. The last time you went to see a doctor, it was probably because you were in pain – it’s by far the main reason people ...

Pain scales are tools for people to describe the level of pain they experience. Healthcare workers can also use pain scale charts to assess patients. There are several different pain scales, each with ...

In the 1940s, a group of doctors at the University of Cornell set out to create a unit of pain intensity. Using the “dol” as a unit, the physicians created a 21-point quantitative scale, but through ...

Objective (1) To explore the level of association between kinesiophobia and pain, disability and quality of life in people with chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP) detected via cross-sectional analysis ...