Asking patients in the emergency room to rate their pain on a visual scale or to rank it from zero to 10 doesn't really convey what the patient is feeling, suggests a study from Sweden. Pain scales ...

"It's really sore," my (Josh's) five-year-old daughter said, cradling her broken arm in the emergency department. "But on a ...

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Patients should be able to use images and metaphors alongside traditional medical scales to describe their pain to doctors, a new study says. Patients should be able to use images and metaphors ...

Pain intensity is typically measured through verbal rating (VRS), numerical rating (NRS), and visual analog scales (VAS); these all require spatial cognition. Prior work has shown that chronic pain ...

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 ...

Joshua Pate has received speaker fees for presentations on pain and physiotherapy. He receives royalties for children's books. Dale Langford has received honoraria and research support from the ...