Journal article
The structure, reliability and validity of pain expression: Evidence from patients with shoulder pain
Abstract
The present study examined psychometric properties of facial expressions of pain. A diverse sample of 129 people suffering from shoulder pain underwent a battery of active and passive range-of-motion tests to their affected and unaffected limbs. The same tests were repeated on a second occasion. Participants rated the maximum pain induced by each test on three self-report scales. Facial actions were measured with the Facial Action Coding …
Authors
Prkachin KM; Solomon PE
Journal
Pain, Vol. 139, No. 2, pp. 267–274
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
October 15, 2008
DOI
10.1016/j.pain.2008.04.010
ISSN
0304-3959