Pain measurement from the neurosurgical standpoint
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Pain measurement from the neurosurgical standpoint.
A selective review of the current methods of pain measurement and validation (psychophysical methods, verbal and analogical scales, psychological tests) is presented with emphasis on patient selection for surgical pain relief, and analysis of outcome. The identification of homogeneous groups of patients with clinical and research objectives is prevented by the lack of a reliable pain scale, bas...
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عنوان ژورنال: Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0004-282X
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x1991000400001