Ischemic muscular pain. II. Its evaluation by the McGill Pain Questionnaire in the repeated performance of an experimental test
Lahuerta Dal Rè, J.; Campbell, J.; Dewshi, F.
Revista de Medicina de la Universidad de Navarra 28(3): 36-40
1984
ISSN/ISBN: 0556-6177 PMID: 6531548 Document Number: 225066
Muscular ischaemic pain experienced by 11 healthy subjects during the performance of an experimental test repeated on three succesive occasions was evaluated by the scoring and analysis of the McGill Pain Questionnaire, completed by the individual after each test. A statistically significant reduction in three scores: Number of Words Chosen, Pain Rating Index Total and Pain Rating Index Sensory was observed between the first and third tests. Indices related to the Affective and Evaluative aspects of pain did not exhibit significant variations. Possible interpretations for these findings, especially those related to the nature of the experimental test and the previously reported increase in Pain Tolerance from the first to the third test in this group are discussed. These results stress the need of using adequate control groups when analgesic measures are evaluated by experimental methods.