A pain score is a scoring system used by doctors to 'measure' pain.
Page updated July 2024 by Dr Sheila Strover (Clinical Editor)
Pain scores for the knee
The most widely used pain score is the VAS score. VAS stands for 'visual analogue scale', where a person is asked to image 10 being the worst pain they can imagine and 0 being no pain at all. Then they estimate where their own pain would fit on such a line.
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