Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"MPQ"”.
-
Theory Advances in High-Precision Two-Photon Spectroscopy
… at the Max–Planck–Institut für Quantenoptik (MPQ) is identified and quantitatively described, as well as systematic frequency shifts. Corresponding possible improvements to the experimental setup are proposed. By combining the results of repeated MPQ hydrogen 1S–2S measurements and other …
-
Chronic Pain after Non-traumatic, Non-compressive Myelopathy: Characteristics and Predictors for Neuropathic pain
… The Short Form McGill Pain Questionnaire (SF-MPQ) and the Leeds Assessment of Neuropathic Symptoms and Signs (LANSS) were used to assess pain. Neuropathic pain was diagnosed by LANSS score of 12 or more. Health-related QOL was evaluated by the Short Form 36-item (SF-36) health survey, while …
-
The aetiology of pain in chronic midportion Achilles tendinopathy
… short forms of the McGill pain questionnaire (sf-MPQ) and Brief Pain Inventory (sf-BPI), as well as the Victorian Institute of Sports Assessment – Achilles questionnaire (VISA-A) (Chapter 2). • Evaluate the relationship between self- reported tendon pain, the grey scale ultrasound and colour …
-
The effects of a pain management training program on nurse pain assessment accuracy and patient satisfaction
… of (a) Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire (SF-MPQ), (b) two visual-analog pain intensity scales, and (c) two visual-analog satisfaction scales. The nurse questionnaire consisted of (a) two visualanalog pain intensity scales and (b) a verbal pain rating scale. A hierarchical research design was …
-
The Relations of Pain, Religious Coping, and Depression in Fibromyalgia Patients
… (FIQ), Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire (SF-MPQ), RCOPE, and the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) were used to assess these constructs in 50 participants. The sample was primarily middle aged and female, which is typical of the FMS population. This study used multiple …
-
Effects of Blood Flow Restriction Training on Healthy Individuals Using the (B)Strong Training System: A Randomized Controlled Trial
… Scale (VAS) and McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ). At pre-testing, there were no significant differences among groups in muscular fitness (p>0.05). Post-training, HIRES and LIBFR increased their IRM in all exercises (bicep curl, triceps extension, calf raise, hamstring curl, leg extension) …
-
Verbal description of pain by patients with cancer
… contained in the McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ); they also used 26 descriptors not found in the MPQ. Participants primarily used affective and sensory words and phrases to describe their pain. Participants with Grade 12 or higher education used more affective phrases than those with less …
-
To investigate whether VEGF and KDR polymorphisms are associated with chronic Achilles tendinopathy and self-reported measurements of tendon pain
… Short-form McGill Pain Questionnaire (sf- MPQ), and Short-form Brief Pain Inventory (sf-BPI) questionnaires. One hundred and ninety-four asymptomatic healthy appropriately matched individuals with no history of tendon injuries were also recruited for this study. Participants were genotyped …
-
A Psychoeducational Group Intervention for Fibromyalgia Patients
… The Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire (SF-MPQ), Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D), Coping Strategies Questionnaire (CSQ), and the World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment—Abbreviated Version were used to assess these constructs in 15 participants. The …
-
Cold pressor pain and psychophysiological activation in high and low pain catastrophizers
… The Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire (SF-MPQ) was completed following the recovery period. Results showed that catastrophizing was related to greater pain intensity during pain induction and during pain recovery, as well as greater retrospective sensory and affective reports of pain. Women …
-
Acupressure and its use for dysmenorrhea
… (PPI) Scale from the McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ). Subjects in the experimental group used the acupressure technique initially. Analgesics were taken only if a satisfactory level of comfort was not achieved. Repeated measures analysis of variance was used to analyze the monthly averages of …
-
Continuous Therapeutic Ultrasound Decreases Pain Perception and Increases Pain Threshold After Muscle Damage
… Short-form McGill Pain Questionnaire-2 (SF-MPQ-2), joint angle, and mechanical pressure threshold measured with an algometer. Results: Significant changes in the VAS (p=0.01) and algometer (p=0.015) were found after the third treatment of ultrasound in the distal region of the biceps. …
-
How cellular ATP/ADP ratios and reactive oxygen species affect AMPK signalling
… redox-cycler, MitoParaquat (MPQ). AMPK activity appeared to correlate with decreasing cell ATP/ADP ratios, indicating that both sources of ROS primarily activate AMPK in an AMP/ADP-dependent mechanism. In parallel, I developed an approach for analyzing the redox state of …
-
The Language of Pain: New Understandings
… their experience. The McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ) paved the way for incorporating language into pain assessment. However, it has received numerous criticisms because of its focus on adjectival, single-word descriptors that have been taken out of communicative context. An alternative …
-
The social dimension of chronic pain: problems of measurement
… the effect of the pain on their lives. For the MPQ, the words appeared to be interpreted differently by each individual and therefore raises questions about the validity of the weightings used. Theoretically, the pain measurements were found to be problematic for several reasons. The main …
-
The value of focusing, a psychological self-help strategy, when living with chronic low back pain: a mixed methods study.
… the Focusing sessions they completed the SF-MPQ and the global QOL weekly. Within the concurrent nested design the qualitative aspect formed the theoretical driver for the study; the quantitative element providing a smaller amount of data. This enabled the findings to be framed in a way which …
-
An evaluation of the use and efficacy of analgesics in the management of chronic pain in the community.
… assessed using the McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ) and horizontal visual analogue scales (VAS). Poor outcomes were defined as at least one of the following: poor pain control (VAS average pain greater than 75), total QOL score greater than 35, signs or symptoms of an adverse drug reaction, …
-
Behavioral disinhibition and cortisol reactivity as a function of psychosocial stress and personality in adolescents
Although the developmental period of adolescence is characterized by impulsive and risk-taking behaviors, explanations for the range of behavioral disinhibition across adolescents that include biological, personality, and environmental factors have not been fully elucidated. Additionally, these …
-
Temporal Dynamics of Heat Pain Sensations
The moment-to-moment fluctuations in pain-evoked sensory and emotional qualities, and how the pain experience differs between sexes are not well understood. Therefore, this thesis sought to 1) characterise the temporal profiles of the most prominent noxious heat-evoked sensations, 2) characterise …