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Facial expressions can reliably indicate pain intensity in individuals with orthopedic injuries. This study demonstrates automatic measurement of pain levels using facial analysis, achieving high accuracy in detecting pain intensity.

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  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Pain Medicine
  • Computer Vision

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  • Facial expression analysis has shown potential for detecting pain presence.
  • Objective measurement of pain intensity from facial cues remains a challenge.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the feasibility of automatically detecting and measuring pain intensity from facial expressions.
  • To evaluate the performance of machine learning models in classifying pain levels using facial features.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized the Prkachin and Solomon Pain Intensity (PSPI) metric for pain classification.
  • Extracted facial features using canonical normalized appearance of the face (CAPP) and Log-Normal filters.
  • Trained support vector machines (SVMs) for automatic pain intensity measurement with cross-validation.

Main Results:

  • Achieved high F1 scores (91%-96%) for pain intensity detection using 5-fold cross-validation.
  • Intra-class correlation coefficients of 0.85 indicated moderate to high consistency in pain intensity measurement.
  • Leave-one-subject-out cross-validation showed lower but still relevant performance.

Conclusions:

  • Pain intensity can be reliably measured from facial expressions in individuals with orthopedic injuries.
  • Facial analysis offers a promising non-invasive method for objective pain assessment.
  • Further research can refine models for improved accuracy in diverse populations.