Hi Karen!
This is something I would not associate with pain...movement changes. What I wonder is...if this measure corresponds with the patient's own subjective assessment of their pain. I assume that everyone would be different in how their body movement or lack of movement corresponds with the pain they are feeling.
My husband, for example, had a collapsed lung (no real cause but runs in his family) and he was walking around...climbing stairs...but he was in some severe pain.
Interesting study...thanks for sharing.
MM
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Already very difficult to have a "simple " dx of pain because of the time involved. Imagine barcoding a pt !!!
What are they going to come up with the next time ? Can't they just design a "simple" test or blood test, or the like, something that doen't take more than 15 ms. that's all the drs have to give you nowadays !!