Recent studies describe sex and gender as critical factors conditioning the experience of
pain and the strategies to respond to it. It is now clear that men and women have different …

Introduction: We investigated the possibilities and opportunities for using wearable devices
that measure physical activity and physiometric signals in conjunction with ecological …

Several studies have shown that male subjects report lower pain intensity to female
compared to male experimenters. The present experiment examined whether experimenter …

Pain is a complex and subjective experience that poses a number of measurement
challenges. While self-report by the patient is viewed as the gold standard of pain …

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to describe behavioral and physiologic indicators
to a nociceptive procedure in conscious and unconscious mechanically ventilated adults …

Although it is well known that pain induces changes in autonomic parameters, the extent to
which these changes correlate with the experience of pain is under debate. The aim of the …

Selecting an appropriate, effective euthanasia agent is controversial. Several recent
publications provide clarity on the use of CO2 in laboratory rats and mice. This review …

BACKGROUND: Autonomic arousal frequently is assumed to be a component of the pain
response, perhaps because physiological mechanisms connecting pain and autonomic …

Experimental findings on the influence of dementia on pain have so far been conflicting.
There is evidence for a decreased, an unchanged and even for an increased pain …

Background: An increasing number of patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) are
demanding more convenient and efficient modern health care systems, especially in remote …