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E Fagan

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PubMed1990

Similarities in pain descriptions of four different ethnic-culture groups.

The purpose of this study was to identify pain terms commonly used by Hispanics, American Indians, blacks, and whites to describe painlike experiences. Subjects were asked to rate the intensity of the terms pain, ache, and hurt on a Visual Analogue Scale. Following this procedure, they were given three separate copies of the McGill Pain Questionnaire and asked to choose the words that represented pain, ache, and hurt, respectively. The results showed that all cultural groups rated pain as the most intense terms, followed by hurt; ache was rated least intense. There was a significant difference between the intensity level of the three terms (p less than 0.001). Word descriptors that distinguished pain from ache and hurt are presented. The importance of these findings for clinical practice is discussed.

Black or African American↗
PubMed1988

Nerve conduction studies of the sural nerve in childhood.

A study of the sural nerve was undertaken to determine latency to onset and peak, duration of action potential, amplitude, and conduction velocity in 33 children, 1 to 7 years old. Multiple tests per patient resulted in 140 measurements per variable. To determine if the interpatient measurement variation was a significant factor compared to the intrapatient differences, one-way analysis of variance was performed. With each variable the F statistic showed the interpatient variation was significantly different (P less than .001) than the intrapatient measurement variation. There was no significant age effect in the latency to onset and peak, the amplitude, and the duration of action potential. The mean value for latency to onset was 2.430 msec, latency to peak 2.997 msec, duration 2.161 msec, and amplitude 8.736 muV. Age was highly significant (P less than .001) with conduction velocities calculated using latency to onset (CV1) and latency to peak (CV2), since distance was less in the younger child, according to the formulas: CV1 = 47.29 + 1.96 (age in years) and CV2 = 38.56 + 1.50 (age in years). Using regression analysis, temperature had no significant effect on CV1 or CV2.

Age Factors↗
PubMed1987

Delta hepatitis.

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Antibodies, Viral↗