Facial Expression Overrides Lumbopelvic Kinematics for Clinical Judgements about Low Back Pain Intensity.

Discussion. The use of additive rule of integration does not appear to be systematic when assessing others' pain. When assessing pain intensity, communicative and protective pain behaviors may have different relevance.
PMID: 27445624 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Pain Research and Management - July 26, 2016 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Courbalay A, Deroche T, Descarreaux M, Prigent E, O'Shaughnessy J, Amorim MA Tags: Pain Res Manag Source Type: research