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Physical Agents
Types of Pain (PTA)
Question | Answer |
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Pain that lasts during the time of healing | Acute Pain |
There IS a known causative factor/etiology | Acute Pain |
Well-localized & defined | Acute Pain |
Pain will last as long as the noxious stimulus persists | Acute Pain |
Pain that lasts beyond the time of healing | Chronic Pain |
Activation of abnormal neurological responses | Chronic Pain |
Pain continues after noxious stimuli ceases | Chronic Pain |
Associated with physical, psychological, social dysfunction | Chronic Pain |
Experience pain in one area with the injury in another area | Referred Pain |
Can go from joint to joint | Referred Pain |
Can go from a peripheral nerve to its distal innervation | Referred Pain |
Can go from an organ to outside tissues | Referred Pain |