Chapter 28 - Pain Management

Question 1

Pain is defined as?

Answer 1

An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage or described in terms of such damage

Question 2

Acute pain typically caused by?

Answer 2

Tissue irritation or damage related to injury, disease, disability, or medical or rehabilitative procedures.

Question 3

Chronic pain begins how and how long does it last?

Answer 3

Begins as acute pain and continues for more than 12 weeks

Question 4

Interventions for lower back pain?

Answer 4

Functional restoration is key, medication management, self care education.

Question 5

Complex regional pain syndrome is characterized by?

Answer 5

Continuous, severe burning pain that results from trauma, postsurgical inflammation, infection or laceration to an extremity, causing a cycle of vasospasm and vasodilation.

Question 6

OT treatment on complex regional pain syndrome?

Answer 6

Normalize sensation, reduce edema increase mobility, strength, endurance while decreasing guarding and restoring routine activities.

Question 7

Myofascial Pain Syndrome refers to?

Answer 7

A large group of muscle disorders defined by the presence of trigger points (localized areas of deep muscle tenderness) which pressure on the trigger point elicit pain to a well defined distal area.

Question 8

what muscle is affected the most by myofascial pain syndrome?

Answer 8

Trapezius muscle

Question 9

Fibromyalgia is a?

Answer 9

Widespread musculoskeletal pain in the muscles, ligaments, and tendons.

Question 10

Biopsychosocial Model of Pain emphasizes?

Answer 10

The interaction of the individual’s body, mind, and environment