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. 2017 Aug 23;10:2009–2019. doi: 10.2147/JPR.S143060

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Preshaded manikins used to define the 23 APSs; each area of the same color corresponds to the same APS in the front and the back of the body.

Notes: Foot right (area 21 or 45 or both); foot left (area 22 or 44 or both); lower leg right (area 19 or 43 or both); lower leg left (area 20 or 42 or both); thigh right (area 17 or 41 or both); thigh left (area 18 or 40 or both); hand right (area 10 or 33 or both); hand left (area 11 or 32 or both); forearm right (area 8 or 31 or both); forearm left (area 9 or 30 or both); upper arm right (area 6 or 29 or both); upper arm left (area 7 or 28 or both); shoulder right (area 4 or 27 or both); shoulder left (area 5 or 26 or both); neck/throat (area 3 or 25 or both); head right (area 1 or 24 or both); head left (area 2 or 23 or both); stomach (area 14 or 15 or both); chest (area 12 or 13 or both); gluteal (area 38 or 39 or both); low back (area 36 or 37 or both); upper back (34 or 35 or both); genitals (area 16). Adapted from Margolis RB, Tait RC, Krause SJ. A rating system for use with patient pain drawings. Pain. 1986;24(1):57–65. Available from: https://insights.ovid.com/pubmed?pmid=2937007. Promotional and commercial use of the material in print, digital or mobile device format is prohibited without the permission from the publisher Wolters Kluwer. Please contact healthpermission@wolterskluwer.com for further information.53

Abbreviation: APSs, anatomical pain sites.