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. 1988 Apr;51(4):481–486. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.51.4.481

Pain intensity measurements in patients with acute pain receiving afferent stimulation.

A Ekblom 1, P Hansson 1
PMCID: PMC1032956  PMID: 3259976

Abstract

Six different pain rating scales, including a "pain relief scale", were compared in 80 patients suffering acute orofacial pain. Pain intensity measurements were made before and after a 30 min period of afferent stimulation (TENS/vibration and placebo). A good correlation was found between pain scores derived from the pain relief scale, visual analogue-, numerical- and graphic rating scales. The verbal rating scale did not perform well. The pain relief scale and the numerical rating scale are interesting alternatives to the established visual analogue scale.

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