This “taking things too far” has understandably sparked some concern. While most participants keep it lighthearted, a few have dropped heavy televisions or weapons on their feet as part of the TikTok ...

Over the past 2 years, a simple but baffling request has preceded most of my encounters with medical professionals: "Rate your pain on a scale of zero to 10." I trained as a physician and have ...

The following is a summary of “Development and Validation of a Short Version (PAIC6) of the Pain Assessment in Impaired ...

A 2020 study revealed that cluster headaches are the most painful condition, with a pain score of 9.7 out of 10. Affecting ...

This led to a multidimensional pain scale composed of six categories (Demeanour, Posture, Locomotion, Ears, Eyes and Grooming), four intensities of pain (0, 1, 2, and 3) and a total score of 0-18. The ...

(VRS): Verbal Rating Scales; (BP-EP): Breakthrough or intense Episodic Pain; (CI): Confidence Interval. CB participated in the design of the study, performed the statistical analysis and drafted ...

NRS also showed higher reproducibility when measuring pain exacerbations (Cohen's K of 0.86 for NRS vs. 0.53 for VRS) while the reproducibility of the two scales was similar in evaluating ...