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No gain without pain: using pain tracking mobile Apps
1Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Interdisciplinary Center for Network Science and Applications, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA.
Mhealth
|March 16, 2017
Abstract:
Chronic pain often remains untreated because tracking its causes and symptoms is difficult. By recording details of pain episodes, retrospectively analyzing data around pain and sharing it with experts, pain management can be demystified and better treatment options can be suggested.
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