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Assessment of Nerve Injury-Induced Mechanical Hypersensitivity in Rats Using an Orofacial Operant Pain Assay
Published on: July 26, 2022
[Pain asssessment methods in otolaryngology]
1Centre d'évaluation et de traitement de la douleur, CHU de Montpellier, 34295 Montpellier cedex 05, France. ginelipatdoc@wanadoo.fr
Abstract:
Evaluation of pain in otolaryngology diseases is indispensable in treating patients. Parallel to the etiological diagnosis of otolaryngology disease, a clinical diagnosis of the pain must be made to determine the weighting of the three causes of pain involved in any acute or chronic condition: the component of nociceptive, neurogenic, and psychofunctional pain. This paper will discuss how pain can be quantified and qualified, and how to identify the status of the neurological system of perception and control of the pain process.
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