Pain measurement from the neurosurgical standpoint

A selective review of the current methods of pain measurement and validation (psychophysical methods, verbal and analogical scales, psychological tests) is presented with emphasis on patient selection for surgical pain relief, and analysis of outcome. The identification of homogeneous groups of pati...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: R. J. Balbo, S. L. Rossitti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 1991-12-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1991000400001&lng=en&tlng=en