Faces of clinical pain: inter ‐individual facial activity patterns in shoulder pain patients

ConclusionsThese findings corroborate the hypothesis that facial expressions of acute pain are not uniform. Instead, they are composed of different combinations of pain ‐indicative facial responses, with one omnipresent response, namely “narrowed eyes”. Raising awareness about these inter‐individually different “faces of pain” could improve the recognition and, thereby, its diagnostic training for professionals, like nurses and physicians.
Source: European Journal of Pain - Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research