Nociception, in contrast to pain, is not a subjective feeling, but the physiological encoding
and processing of nociceptive stimuli. However, monitoring nociception remains a challenge …

Pain diagnosis and management would benefit from the development of objective markers
of nociception and pain. Current research addressing this issue has focused on five main …

Hospitalized newborn infants experience pain that can have negative short-and long-term
consequences and thus should be prevented and treated. National and international …

Pain assessment and measurement are the cornerstones of pain management. Pain
assessment connotes a comprehensive multidimensional description. Conversely, pain …

Background Skin-to-skin contact reduces pain response in preterm infants subjected to
minor painful procedures, such as heel lance. Diaper change is a procedure performed …

Background Improving pain and stress assessments in neonates remains important in
preventing the short-and long-term consequences. We aimed to identify the relationships …

This chapter provides working definitions of emotion and related concepts utilized in the
study of emotions and sport performance. It overviews multiple important roles that emotions …

The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of the subjective Wong–Baker faces pain
rating scale (WBFS) and of the objective skin conductance fluctuation (SCF) test in …

Objective: New technologies to measure pain responses, such as heart rate variability and
skin conductance hold promise in the development of tools that can be reliable and …

Objective The aim of this study is to evaluate the ability of the Newborn Infant
Parasympathetic Evaluation (NIPE) index to detect the response to nociceptive stimuli in …