"Pain Measurement" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Scales, questionnaires, tests, and other methods used to assess pain severity and duration in patients or experimental animals to aid in diagnosis, therapy, and physiological studies.
| Descriptor ID |
D010147
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.600.550.324
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| Concept/Terms |
Pain Measurement- Pain Measurement
- Measurement, Pain
- Measurements, Pain
- Pain Measurements
- Assessment, Pain
- Assessments, Pain
- Pain Assessments
- Pain Assessment
- Analgesia Tests
- Analgesia Test
- Test, Analgesia
- Tests, Analgesia
- Nociception Tests
- Nociception Test
- Test, Nociception
- Tests, Nociception
McGill Pain Questionnaire- McGill Pain Questionnaire
- Pain Questionnaire, McGill
- Questionnaire, McGill Pain
- McGill Pain Scale
- Pain Scale, McGill
- Scale, McGill Pain
Analogue Pain Scale- Analogue Pain Scale
- Analogue Pain Scales
- Pain Scale, Analogue
- Pain Scales, Analogue
- Scale, Analogue Pain
- Scales, Analogue Pain
- Analog Pain Scale
- Analog Pain Scales
- Pain Scale, Analog
- Pain Scales, Analog
- Scale, Analog Pain
- Scales, Analog Pain
Formalin Test- Formalin Test
- Formalin Tests
- Test, Formalin
- Tests, Formalin
Tourniquet Pain Test- Tourniquet Pain Test
- Pain Test, Tourniquet
- Pain Tests, Tourniquet
- Test, Tourniquet Pain
- Tests, Tourniquet Pain
- Tourniquet Pain Tests
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 1997 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2000 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2001 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2002 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2003 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| 2004 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 2005 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 2006 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2007 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2008 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 2009 | 2 | 14 | 16 |
| 2010 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2011 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| 2012 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2013 | 4 | 16 | 20 |
| 2014 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 2015 | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| 2016 | 4 | 17 | 21 |
| 2017 | 2 | 11 | 13 |
| 2018 | 2 | 16 | 18 |
| 2019 | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| 2020 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| 2021 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| 2022 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2023 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2024 | 2 | 12 | 14 |
| 2025 | 1 | 12 | 13 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pain Measurement" by people in Profiles.
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Intracerebral haemorrhage laterality and associations with mood and pain: a MISTIE III substudy. Stroke Vasc Neurol. 2025 Dec 23; 10(6):734-742.
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Does back pain catastrophizing influence 60-month surgical outcomes for patients with degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis? A Quality Outcomes Database study. J Neurosurg Spine. 2025 Nov 01; 43(5):529-539.
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Minimally clinically important relative change instead of difference following surgery for degenerative cervical radiculopathy: a nationwide study on 5300 patients using prospectively collected data. J Neurosurg Spine. 2025 Oct 01; 43(4):464-471.
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Posterior Approach to Sacroiliac Joint Fusion as a Salvage Procedure: A Case Report. Pain Med Case Rep. 2025 Aug; 9(4):197-199.
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Minimal Clinically Important Difference and Relative Change in Patient-Reported Outcomes After Surgery for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy: A Nationwide Study of 1,700 Patients. Neurosurgery. 2026 Feb 01; 98(2):358-364.
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Cerebrospinal fluid proteome of patients with persistent pain and/or postpartum depression after elective cesarean delivery: An exploratory prospective cohort study. J Clin Anesth. 2025 06; 104:111855.
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Development of patient reported outcome measures assessing tumor pain intensity and tumor pain interference for individuals with neurofibromatosis type 1 and plexiform neurofibromas: qualitative findings. J Patient Rep Outcomes. 2025 Apr 30; 9(1):46.
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Multimodal hypersensitivity and somatic symptoms predict adolescent postmenarchal widespread pain. Pain. 2025 Oct 01; 166(10):e322-e335.
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Radiofrequency ablation of basivertebral and sinuvertebral nerves for chronic discogenic low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Neurosurg Rev. 2025 Apr 14; 48(1):364.
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Transversus abdominis plane (TAP) blocks for prevention of postoperative pain in women undergoing laparoscopic and robotic gynaecological surgery. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2025 04 03; 4:CD015145.