CES Pain Science and Injury Prevention Flashcards
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According to modern pain science, pain is best defined as which of the following?
Answer: An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage
The IASP defines pain as an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience, recognizing that pain is a complex brain output influenced by biological, psychological, and social factors.
What term describes the process by which the nervous system becomes increasingly sensitized, amplifying pain signals beyond what tissue damage alone would produce?
Answer: Central sensitization
Central sensitization is a state of increased nervous system excitability in which pain signals are amplified centrally, resulting in hyperalgesia and allodynia.
Which type of nociceptor is responsible for transmitting sharp, well-localized acute pain signals?
Answer: A-delta fibers
A-delta fibers are myelinated, fast-conducting nociceptors that transmit sharp, acute, and well-localized pain signals immediately after tissue injury.
The 'biopsychosocial model' of pain suggests that pain experience is influenced by which combination of factors?
Answer: Biological, psychological, and social factors
The biopsychosocial model recognizes that pain is shaped by biological (tissue, neurological), psychological (beliefs, fear, mood), and social (work, relationships) factors.
What is the role of the CES when a client reports acute pain during a corrective exercise session?
Answer: Refer the client to an appropriate healthcare professional
The CES scope of practice does not include diagnosing or treating pain; clients reporting acute pain must be referred to an appropriate licensed healthcare provider.
Which of the following best describes 'allodynia'?
Answer: Pain elicited by stimuli that would not normally cause pain
Allodynia is the experience of pain in response to a stimulus (such as light touch) that would not normally be painful, common in central sensitization states.