Final Exam Flashcards
Definition of hypoalgesia
Diminished pain in response to a normally painfull stimulus
Définition of hyperalgesia
I creased pain from a stimulus that normally provokes pain
Définition of allodynia
Pain due to a stimulus that does not normally provoke pain
Pain threshold definition
The minimum intensity of stimulus that is perceived as painful
Pain tolerance
The maximum intensity of a pain producing stimulus that a subject os willing to accept in a given situation
Pain behaviour
What a person does in resction to pain or to express pain
Ex: avoidance, withdrawal, crying, grimacing
Stress response systems
Hpa axis
Autonomic ns
Endocrine system
Cardiovascular system
Nociceptive pain
Pain that arises from actual or threatened damage to non-neural tissue and is due to the activation of nociceptors
Neuropathic pain
Pain caused by a lesion or disease of the somathosensory nervous system
Nociplastic pain
Pain that arises from altered nociception despite no clear evidence of actuà or threatened tissue damage causing the activation of peripheral nociceptors or evidence for disease or lesion of the somatosensory system causing the pain
Purpose of pain
Detect threat
Motivate protective behaviour
Why bot use pain carastrophizing with pt
- dismiss the medical basis of pain
- question authenticity of pain complaints
- blame indv for their pain
Def of pain catastrophizing
Is an exaggerated threat apprasial of pain (understanding)
Advatages of patient reported outcome measures
- standardized
- psychometric properties (reliability, validity)
- limit biais
- documentation quality
Purpose of patient reported outcome measure, such as questionaire
- screen
- evaluate
- prioritize
- inform
- to re-assess
- to motivate
Pain experience
Unpleasant sensory and emotional experience, and is understood to be a function of the whole person
Pain expression
Broad collection of qualitative words and behaviours that communicate pain
- pain narrative (words)
- pain behaviour (non-verbal and praverbal behaviour)
Pain measures
Quantitative tools used to assess pain
- self reported measures (questionaires)
- non self report ( imaging)