"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 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2001 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2002 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2003 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2004 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2005 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2006 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2007 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 2008 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2009 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| 2010 | 1 | 16 | 17 |
| 2011 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| 2012 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 2013 | 3 | 18 | 21 |
| 2014 | 1 | 11 | 12 |
| 2015 | 2 | 16 | 18 |
| 2016 | 1 | 12 | 13 |
| 2017 | 4 | 15 | 19 |
| 2018 | 3 | 13 | 16 |
| 2019 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 2020 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 2021 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 2022 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2024 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2025 | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| 2026 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pain Measurement" by people in Profiles.
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Comparative efficacy of an 8-week core stability program versus foot-ankle strengthening on pain, function, and distal structural parameters in individuals with knee osteoarthritis: a randomized controlled trial. Sci Rep. 2026 Jul 26; 16(1).
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Cohort study of opioid utilization in post-tonsillectomy pediatric patients. Am J Otolaryngol. 2026 Jul-Aug; 47(4):104858.
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Platelet-rich plasma plus hyaluronic acid vs platelet-rich plasma intra-articular injections for knee osteoarthritis: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Adv Clin Exp Med. 2026 May; 35(5):753-764.
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Insights into the complex relationship between pain and imaging-detected structural damage in knee osteoarthritis. Skeletal Radiol. 2026 Jul; 55(7):1513-1527.
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Predicting Heterogeneity of Treatment Effects to Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Knee Osteoarthritis Pain and Symptoms: A Machine Learning Approach. Clin J Pain. 2026 Apr 01; 42(4).
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Internet-delivered Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention for Pain in Pediatric Acute Recurrent and Chronic Pancreatitis: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial. Pancreas. 2026 02 01; 55(2):e137-e146.
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Amygdalar calcitonin gene-related peptide driven effects of cold sensitivity induced by peripheral neuropathy in mice. J Pain. 2026 Apr; 41:106199.
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Examining Pain Subgroups One and Five Years After Spinal Cord Injury: The Importance of Depression in Chronic Pain. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2026 Aug; 107(8):1886-1894.
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Turning Patients' Open-Ended Narratives of Chronic Pain Into Quantitative Measures: Natural Language Processing Study. JMIR Hum Factors. 2025 Nov 25; 12:e80269.
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Longitudinal pain intensity and interference symptomatology in mild traumatic brain injury: a TRACK-TBI study. Pain. 2026 May 01; 167(5):e86-e98.