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Clinical massage |
The use of techniques for pain management and physical rehabilitation. |
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Pain |
An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage. |
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Nociception |
Pain perception. |
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Specificity Theory of Pain |
States that pain is a specific sensation transmitted by specific nerves to the brain. |
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Gate Control Theory of Pain |
Pain can be reduced by non-nociceptive stimuli, such as pressure and heat/cold, because it travels to the dorsal horn of the spinal cord faster than nociceptive stimuli. |
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Neuromatrix Theory of Pain |
Pain is a response or output determined by how the brain interprets incoming information or input. |
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Pain Tolerance |
The maximum amount of pain an individual will tolerate or endure before outwardly responding to it. |
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Pain Threshold |
The point at which a stimulus is perceived as painful. |
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Acute Pain |
Sudden and usually associated with injury and trauma. |
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Subacute Pain |
May follow acute pain and occur when signs of inflammation, such as swelling, heat, and redness, have subsided but the person is still experiencing pain and impaired movement. |
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Chronic Pain |
Pain that persists longer than 3 months and is often difficult or impossible to determine when the pain started or its cause. |
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Muscle Spasm |
An involuntary muscle contraction from excess sensory input. |
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Posture |
The position of the body over a base of support. |
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Gait |
The manner in which a person moves on foot. |
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Parathesia |
A collective term used to describe sensations of tingling, prickling, burning, pins-and-needles, itching, and numbness, in addition to pain. |
