Exciting research initiatives on pain measurement have developed in recent years. In this book, some of the most productive investigators from Europe, North America, and Australia share their understanding of the different approaches to the field. Basic and clinical science as well as different disciplines of clinical practice in psychology, nursing, and medicine are represented. Physiological, anatomical (imaging), behavioral, and self-help techniques of pain measurement are discussed.Chapter topics include: roles of measurement in pain management and research; psychometric issues in the measurement of pain in children; neurophysiological and neurobiological correlates of supraspinal pain processing: measurement techniques; flexion reflex properties in the human infant: a measure of spinal sensory processing in the newborn; physiological measures of pain; behavioral measures of pain; facial display of pain; measurement of pain by self-report; composite measures of pain; and putting pain measurement into clinical practice.

Measurement of Pain in Infants and Children (Progress in Pain Research and Management)

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Finley Allen G Ed

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IASP Press

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Measurement of Pain in Infants and Children (Progress in Pain Research and Management)