Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Video

Updated: Jun 4, 2026

Quantifying Pain Location and Intensity with Multimodal Pain Body Diagrams
09:00

Quantifying Pain Location and Intensity with Multimodal Pain Body Diagrams

Published on: July 7, 2023

Reliability of a preliminary 3-D pain mapping program.

Robert N Jamison1, Tabitha A Washington, Padma Gulur

  • 1Department of Anesthesia, Brigham and Women's Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Pain Management Center, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, USA. rjamison@partners.org

Pain Medicine (Malden, Mass.)
|February 1, 2011
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Daily perceived change among patients with chronic pain: influence of sociodemographic, clinical, and psychological characteristics.

Pain reports·2026
Same author

The effect of a multifaceted intervention on post-operative opioid use after orthopedic and spine surgery: Results of a before-after pilot study.

Journal of opioid management·2026
Same author

Effectiveness of 2 behavioral interventions for voluntary opioid dosage reduction in patients prescribed high-dosage opioids for chronic pain.

Pain·2026
Same author

Catastrophizing contributes to the association between posttraumatic stress symptoms and pain outcomes in individuals with chronic low back pain: Differential effects as a function of sex.

The journal of pain·2026
Same author

Engagement With a Mobile App for Chronic Pain: Role of Pain Beliefs, Pain Self-Efficacy, and Perception of Providers.

The Clinical journal of pain·2026
Same author

Intravenous Lidocaine Decreases Pain Scores 24 Hours Post Cardiac Surgery: Substudy of a Randomized Controlled Trial.

Pain physician·2025

This study shows that 3-D pain mapping is a reliable method for patients to report pain intensity and location. The revised 3-D pain mapping tool demonstrated high reliability across multiple pain characteristics.

Area of Science:

  • Pain research
  • Medical technology
  • Psychophysics

Background:

  • Accurate pain assessment is crucial for effective patient management.
  • Existing pain assessment methods may have limitations in capturing the full scope of pain experiences.
  • Three-dimensional (3-D) pain mapping offers a novel approach to pain reporting.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the test-retest reliability of a new 3-D pain mapping method.
  • To assess the reliability of patient-reported pain intensity, location, and depth using 3-D mapping.
  • To determine the reliability of a revised 3-D pain mapping program.

Main Methods:

  • Study 1 involved 101 chronic noncancer pain patients reporting pain via 3-D mapping on two occasions (10 days apart).
  • Patients marked pain intensity, surface location, and depth on a rotatable 3-D body model.

Related Experiment Videos

Last Updated: Jun 4, 2026

Quantifying Pain Location and Intensity with Multimodal Pain Body Diagrams
09:00

Quantifying Pain Location and Intensity with Multimodal Pain Body Diagrams

Published on: July 7, 2023

  • Study 2 used a revised 3-D mapping program with 25 patients tested approximately one week apart.

    • Main Results:

    • Study 1 showed moderate to high reliability for pain intensity, vertical location, and number of pain marks.
    • Initial low reliability for horizontal location and depth in Study 1 improved significantly in Study 2.
    • Study 2 demonstrated high test-retest reliability for pain intensity, vertical and horizontal location, number of marks, and depth.

    Conclusions:

    • Three-dimensional pain mapping is a highly reliable method for patients to report pain characteristics.
    • The revised 3-D pain mapping program shows significant improvements in reliability.
    • Further research is needed to establish the clinical utility of 3-D pain mapping in diagnosis and management.