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Visual Assessment Tools for Expressing Amount of Back Pain

From Anne Asher, About.com

Updated: March 23, 2007

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How bad does it hurt? Intensity is a measure of how strong the signals of felt pain are. As a back pain sufferer, this is probably the most important part of the ordeal for you. Intensity levels fluctuate, so it is impossible to get a useful, accurate measurement of them from objective testing. Instead, doctors and other health care providers use visual assessment tools and questionnaires to help you communicate your level of pain.
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