Assessing pain by facial expression: Facial expression as nexus

Pain Research and Management

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-58

  Prkachin, Kenneth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assessment; Automated assessment; Communication; Facial expression; FACS; Judgment studies; Pain; Pain expression

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; EMOTION; FACE MUSCLE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; VIDEORECORDING; AGE; HISTORY; METHODOLOGY; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 64149087187     PISSN: 12036765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2009/542964     Document Type: Review

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