Explore part of Schmidt’s pain index below. Schmidt’s pain scale runs from one to four, with four being the most painful. “You should have learned, but the carpet is the same, and when you again reach ...

NRS also showed higher reproducibility when measuring pain exacerbations (Cohen's K of 0.86 for NRS vs. 0.53 for VRS) while the reproducibility of the two scales was similar in evaluating ...

The lived experience of severe pain, understandably, can lead to a process of catastrophizing, which is a cognitive distortion where patients assume the worst possible outcome in any situation where ...

Patient-reported measures were obtained at baseline. Pain severity (100 mm visual analogue scale (VAS)), function (Anterior Knee Pain Scale (AKPS)) and self-reported recovery were measured 5–8 years ...