 Pain Measurement
"Pain Measurement" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1998 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 1999 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2000 | 0 | 7 | 7 | | 2001 | 1 | 4 | 5 | | 2002 | 1 | 9 | 10 | | 2003 | 2 | 5 | 7 | | 2004 | 3 | 10 | 13 | | 2005 | 2 | 15 | 17 | | 2006 | 1 | 17 | 18 | | 2007 | 1 | 10 | 11 | | 2008 | 0 | 17 | 17 | | 2009 | 2 | 22 | 24 | | 2010 | 1 | 31 | 32 | | 2011 | 2 | 16 | 18 | | 2012 | 2 | 29 | 31 | | 2013 | 0 | 22 | 22 | | 2014 | 0 | 21 | 21 | | 2015 | 2 | 17 | 19 | | 2016 | 3 | 16 | 19 | | 2017 | 3 | 22 | 25 | | 2018 | 8 | 25 | 33 | | 2019 | 8 | 23 | 31 | | 2020 | 0 | 7 | 7 | | 2021 | 6 | 10 | 16 | | 2022 | 0 | 5 | 5 | | 2023 | 1 | 7 | 8 | | 2024 | 3 | 12 | 15 | | 2025 | 2 | 17 | 19 | | 2026 | 2 | 11 | 13 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pain Measurement" by people in Profiles.
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Jones KF, White GE, Mudumbi S, Eubank AF, Bennett AV, Bulls HW, Fischer SM, Hamm M, Krishnamurti T, Wong RL, LeBlanc TW, Meghani SH, Smith C, Temel JS, Ritchie CS, Merlin J. Characterizing Pain and Opioid-Related Risks in Individuals With Advanced Cancer: A Cohort Study. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2026 Nov; 72(5):611-621.e1.
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Schwab F, Patel KV, Mekhail N, Langhorst M, Heros RD, Gentile J, Costandi S, Moore G, Gilmore C, Manion S, Chakravarthy K, Meyer SC, Bundy JV, Tate JL, Sanders R, Vaid S, Szentirmai O, Goree J, Patel VV, Lehmen J, Desai MJ, Pope JE, Giuffrida A, Hayek S, Virk SS, Paicius R, Klemme WR, Gilligan C. Restorative neurostimulation outcomes for mechanical chronic low back pain: delayed-start crossover from optimal medical management and 2-year treatment longitudinal analyses from the RESTORE randomized controlled trial. Spine J. 2026 Nov; 26(11):2118-2133.
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Jones MB, Riley C, Wernovsky G, Sterzbecher V, Tariq O, Dazo M, Griffin E, Gordish H, Caprarola SD. Opioid exposure in neonates and infants following cardiac surgery: a comparative analysis. Cardiol Young. 2026 Jun; 36(6):1197-1201.
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Cook CE, O'Halloran B, Clewley D, Keefe F, McDevitt A. Specific and shared mechanisms associated with treatment for chronic neck pain: the SS-MECH mechanistic clinical trial. Pain Manag. 2026 Sep; 16(9):1009-1017.
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Gannotti ME, Kohns DJ, Noritz GH, Wyeth DO, Lucas EJ, Bates EB, Azizi H, Sarmiento CA, Thorpe DE, Nichols SA, Kreschmer JM, Koller SL, Schuh LY, Boyer ER, Schmidt MM, Krach LE, Pleasant K, Chin EM, Hurvitz EA, Bailes AF. First steps toward pain classification among adults with cerebral palsy: A modified Delphi study. Disabil Health J. 2026 Oct; 19(4):102080.
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Levy BB, Wiercigroch J, Choudhary L, Shemesh-Lobl T, de Almeida JR, Goldstein DP, Gilbert RW, Irish JC, Brown DH, Yao CMKL, Tzelnick S. A Multimodal Analgesia Protocol to Reduce Opioid Use Following Oral Cavity Free Flap Reconstruction. Head Neck. 2026 Oct; 48(10):2756-2763.
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Cook CE, O'Halloran B, Clewley D, Keefe F, Green C, McDevitt A. Specific and shared mechanisms mediating pain intensity and functional outcomes in chronic neck pain. Pain Manag. 2026 Jul; 16(7):799-808.
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Earley EJ, Shaw KG, Awad ME, Gaffney BMM, Christiansen CL, Iorio ML, Stoneback JW, Melton DH. Differences in phantom limb, residual limb, and bodily pain during pain recall and increasing activity intensity in persons with unilateral lower limb amputation. PM R. 2026 Sep; 18(9):1027-1040.
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George RM, McSwain JR, Gukasov M, Wilson DA, Nitchie H, Wilson SH. Dermatomal spread in lateral quadratus lumborum blocks versus transversus abdominus plane blocks after laparoscopic colorectal surgery: a randomized clinical trial. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2026 02 05; 51(2):181-186.
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Palermo TM, Li R, Zhou C, Aalfs H, Cress G, Lowe M, Abu-El-Haija M, Chugh A, Downs EM, Fishman DS, Freeman AJ, Giefer MJ, Gonska TY, Husain SZ, Lindblad D, Liu QY, Maqbool A, Mark JA, McFerron BA, Mehta MS, Noel RA, Perito ER, Wang F, Yuan Y, Zheng Y, Uc A. 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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