A vertical "visual analog scale" asks the person to mark their pain on a vertical line, a bit like imagining "filling up" ...

The Visual Analog Pain Scale is one such scale that may be useful in measuring pain in conscious and cooperative patients. The scale lists the numbers one through ten with the number one ...

J Rheumatol 34: 8–18 Researchers from the US have shown that the visual analog pain scale (VAS) is superior to the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form-36 Health Survey (SF-36) scale for assessing ...

Only around one in 10 common non-surgical and non-invasive treatments for lower back pain are effective, suggests a pooled ...

In chronic low back pain, botulinum neurotoxin type A improved patients' pain and functional outcomes vs placebo and other local injection therapies.

In contrast, predictors of poor pain experience included American Society of Anesthesiologists 3 status, postoperative ...

One of the most important and potentially disabling complications of diabetes is the development of a symmetric, length-dependent polyneuropathy. Approximately 16% of patients with diabetes will ...

OKYO Pharma has filed a Fast Track designation application with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for urcosimod in the treatment of neuropathic ...

Electro-acupuncture application may benefit in reducing pain after periodontal flap surgery suggests a study published in the Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine.A study was done to examine ...