A pain score is a scoring system used by doctors to 'measure' pain.

 

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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Dr Sheila Strover (Editor)
BSc (Hons), MB BCh, MBA

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