Head movements and postures as pain behavior.

Pain assessment can benefit from observation of pain behaviors, such as guarding or facial expression, and observational pain scales are widely used in clinical practice with nonverbal patients. However, little is known about head movements and postures in the context of pain. In this regard, we ana...

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Main Authors: Philipp Werner, Ayoub Al-Hamadi, Kerstin Limbrecht-Ecklundt, Steffen Walter, Harald C Traue
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5812618?pdf=render