The McGill Pain Questionnaire - Japanese Version, Reconsidered: Confirming the Reliability and Validity by Mamoru Hasegawa, Suguru Hattori, Keiji Ishizaki, Shosuke Suzuki, Fumio Goto

“…BACKGROUND: The McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ) is one of the most widely used instruments in the world to evaluate patients with chronic pain. …”
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The McGill Pain Questionnaire, Japanese Version, Reconsidered: Confirming the Theoretical Structure by Mamoru Hasegawa, Suguru Hattori, Masaru Mishima, Isao Matsumoto, Takashi Kimura, Yasuko Baba, Osami Takano, Toshio Sasaki, Kazue Kanemura, Katsuhiko Senami, Toshinari Shibata

“…BACKGROUND: Based on a tripartite theoretical model of pain, the Pain Rating Index (PRI) of the McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ) continues to be one of the most frequently used instruments to measure clinical pain. …”
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Validity and Reliability of Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire-2 (SF-MPQ-2) in Iranian People with Parkinson’s Disease by Maryam Mehdizadeh, Seyed-Mohammad Fereshtehnejad, Sepide Goudarzi, Ainaz Moshtagh, Farzaneh Dehghanian Nasrabadi, Sayed Amir Hasan Habibi, Ghorban Taghizadeh

“…Evaluations are done using pain assessment scales such as the Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire-2 (SF-MPQ-2). The goal of this study was to assess the psychometric properties of SF-MPQ-2 to measure pain in people with PD. …”
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Brief Pain Inventory and McGill Pain Questionnaire in Assessing the Patients with Temporomandibular Joint Disorders – A Cross-Sectional Study by Keerthana Selvam, J Anand Kumar, Suman J. Lakshmi, Senthil Kumar Balasubramanian

“…Objective: To assess the efficacy of the Brief Pain Inventory and McGill Pain Questionnaire in TMD pain evaluation. Material and Methods: This study included 100 patients diagnosed with TMD who were asked to complete two questionnaires: the Brief Pain Inventory and the McGill Pain Questionnaire; the responses provided by the patients were collected and subjected to statistical analysis. …”
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Quantifying the Pain Experience in Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis by Rajiv Gandhi, Dmitry Tsvetkov, Herman Dhottar, J Roderick Davey, Nizar N Mahomed

“…PURPOSE: The present study investigated whether the conceptualization of hip and knee osteoarthritis pain implicit in the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index (WOMAC) and Medical Outcomes Study Short-Form 36 (SF-36) scales is complete, or whether the addition of another scale, such as the Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ-SF), provides a more complete characterization. …”
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Quality of Life Assessment in Primary Headache Patients with Headaches Related to Abuse Using Scales and Questionnaires by Saidvaliyev Farrukh, Rakhimova Shakhnozakhon

“…Using standardized tools such as the VASH scale, HALT-90 index, LDQ scale, and McGill Pain Questionnaire, the study measured pain intensity, drug dependence, and functional impairment. …”
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PhantomAR: gamified mixed reality system for alleviating phantom limb pain in upper limb amputees—design, implementation, and clinical usability evaluation by Cosima Prahm, Korbinian Eckstein, Michael Bressler, Zhixing Wang, Xiaotong Li, Takashige Suzuki, Adrien Daigeler, Jonas Kolbenschlag, Hideaki Kuzuoka

“…Participants rated their phantom sensations using the Numerical Rating Scale and McGill Pain Questionnaire before, during, and after interaction with PhantomAR. …”
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The hindi version of mcgill pain questionnaire: A cross-cultural adaptation study in rheumatoid arthritis by Riddhi A Shroff, Twinkle Y Dabholkar

“…The long-form McGill Pain Questionnaire (LF-MPQ) is a valid and reliable tool for multidimensional pain assessment. …”
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Botulinum Therapy for Pain Caused by Spasticity in Advanced Stages of Brain Tumor in Adolescents: A Case Report by Tomoo Mano, Toshiharu Murakami, Haruki Mori, Takashi Masuda

“…She received botulinum therapy for her extremities 3 times (200, 300, and 500 U), with pain improvement after repeated treatments (Numerical rating scale from 7.5 to 1 and Short-form McGill Pain Questionnaire-2 score from 78 to 16). The effect lasted for more than three months after the final injection. …”
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Appraising Efficacy of Cognitive Pain Management Strategies for the Rehabilitation of Non-Chronic Sciatica: A Randomized Control Trial by Pratik A Gohil, Anjali Gohil

“…Thus after an extensive review of literature this study has chosen non-chronic sciatica from the vast domain of low back ache to establish possible treatments so as to address the problem before it becomes chronic.Objectives To determine the effectiveness of cognitive pain management strategies in improving pain as determined by McGill pain questionnaire SF-MPQ-2 scores among non-chronic cases of sciatica.Methodology Thirty patients in the age group of 40 to 60 years who were clinically diagnosed with non-chronic sciatica and fulfilled inclusion and exclusion criteria were divided randomly into two equal groups. …”
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Changes of Endothelin-1 and Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide Concentrations in Patients with Cervical Radiculopathy after Wrist-Ankle Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Hot Compression wit... by Wei Li, Chi Yao, Yanghong Zhou, Sishi Chen

“…The study group showed lower scores of the visual analogue scale (VAS), Northwick Park Neck Pain Questionnaire (NPQ), McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ), numbness intensity assessment, and neck disability index (NDI) but higher scores of the Short Form-36 (SF-36) health survey questionnaire than the control group after treatment. …”
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The Impact of Cognitive Anxiety and the Rating of Pain on Care Processes in a Vigilance Task: The Important Part Played by Age by Luis Pinel, Miguel A. Perez-Nieto, Marta Redondo, Luis Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Leticia L. Mateos

“…Furthermore, all the participants were evaluated using the following self-report measures: Beck’s Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II), the McGill Pain Questionnaire, and the Pain Anxiety Symptoms Scale-20 (PASS-20). …”
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Enhanced Temporal Coupling between Thalamus and Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex Mediates Chronic Low Back Pain and Depression by Hong Li, Qiaoyan Song, Ruya Zhang, Youlong Zhou, Yazhuo Kong

“…., depression and anxiety), and depression (Beck-Depression Inventory, BDI) was found to be an outstanding significant factor to predict chronic pain (short form of the McGill Pain Questionnaire, SF-MPQ); (2) the LDH group showed significantly smaller fractional anisotropy values in the region of posterior corona radiate while gray matter volumes were comparable in both groups; (3) resting state functional connectivity analysis revealed that LDH patients exhibited increased temporal coupling between the thalamus and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC), which further mediate the relationship from chronic pain to depression. …”
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Can improving sleeping hours enhance the depression and anxiety of young males with chronic musculoskeletal pain? by Huipeng Zhou, Zhishi Yang, Ling Tang, Yongrun Sun, Yutao Tu, Yeye Sha, Zhiwei Wang, Yanpu Jia

“…Demographic information was collected using the Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire (SF-MPQ) and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). …”
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The effects of integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine rehabilitation programs on post-acute ankle sprain: A randomized controlled trial study protocol. by Hang Gao, Xiao Chen, Jiayi Ren, Xinglai Zhang, Yuqian Hu, Zhao Ma, Yuanjia Gu, Jiming Tao, Weian Yuan

“…The main outcome measures are Visual Analog Scale and Short Form McGill Pain Questionnaire; the secondary outcome measures are the Foot Ankle Ability Assessment Scale, AOFAS Ankle Posterior Foot Scale, torque and gait. …”
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Unravelling pain in diabetic neuropathy patients: Exploring the relationship between perceived pain severity, lifestyle, and coping strategies mediated by self-focused attention an... by Fatemeh Hosseini, Amirhossein Yavari, Arya Haddadi

“…Data collection involved several questionnaires: The McGill Pain Questionnaire, Lifestyle Questionnaire, the Coping Strategies Questionnaire, the Self-Focused Attention Questionnaire, and the Rumination Questionnaire. …”
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The Impact and Correlation of Anxiety and Depression on Pressure Pain Threshold of Acupoints in Patients with Chronic Pelvic Inflammatory Disease by Chenxi Liao, Yu Tan, Kai Wang, Xin Wen, Xiang Hu, Yefang Huang, Ying Li

“…The Visual Analog Scale (VAS) and short-form McGill Pain Questionnaire (SF-MPQ) were used to assess pain. …”
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VAS and NRS, Same or Different? Are Visual Analog Scale Values and Numerical Rating Scale Equally Viable Tools for Assessing Patients after Microdiscectomy? by Joanna Bielewicz, Beata Daniluk, Piotr Kamieniak

“…Patients, who underwent microdiscectomy, were prospectively enrolled into the study and assessed using VAS and NRS for the back (NRS-B) and the leg (NRS-L), Short Form of McGill Pain Questionnaire (SF-MPQ) included Pain Rating Index (PRI) and Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) 1 day before and 1 month and 3 months after the procedure. …”
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Intermediate Stage Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type 1 Is Unrelated to Proinflammatory Cytokines by Renate J. M. Munnikes, Christel Muis, Martine Boersma, Claudia Heijmans-Antonissen, Freek J. Zijlstra, Frank J. P. M. Huygen

“…Disease activity and impairment were determined by means of a visual analogue scale, the McGill Pain Questionnaire, the difference in volume and temperature between the involved and uninvolved extremities, and the reduction in active range of motion of the involved extremity. …”
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Psychometric Properties of the Abdominal Pain Index (API) in the Iranian Adolescent Population by Sepideh Hoseini, Mahdi Jafari, Zahra Asl Soleimani, Kaveh Qaderi Bagajan, Meysam Sadeghi, Shadi Zolfaghari

“…Instruments, including API, somatic symptoms subscale of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), and McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ), were also completed for the participants. …”
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