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A comparison of pain measurement characteristics of mechanical visual analogue and simple numerical rating scales by Price, Donald D, Bush, Francis M, Long, Stephen, Harkins, Stephen W

“…Numerical rating scales and mechanical visual analogue scales (M-VAS) were compared for their capacity to provide ratio scale measures of experimental pain…”
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Geriatric pain. Pain perceptions in the old by Harkins, S W

“…Pain is likely to be a different problem in the old-old and the frail elderly compared to the young-old. Little attention has been paid to date to the impact…”
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Sensory-affective relationships among different types of clinical and experimental pain by Price, D D, Harkins, S W, Baker, C

“…Different types of pain patients used visual analogue scales (VAS) to rate their level of pain sensation intensity (VAS sensory) and degree of unpleasantness…”
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Suppression of First Pain and Slow Temporal Summation of Second Pain in Relation to Age by Harkins, Stephen W., Davis, Margie D., Bush, Francis M., Kasberger, John

“…Background. Thermal stimuli delivered to skin of the arms or legs can produce a sensation of two distinct pains. These pains have been associated with activity…”
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Psychosocial impact of urinary incontinence in women by Wyman, J F, Harkins, S W, Choi, S C, Taylor, J R, Fantl, J A

“…This study explored the psychosocial impact of urinary incontinence and investigated its relationship to urodynamic diagnosis and degree of involuntary urine…”
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"Amyloid is not a tombstone"--a summation. The primary role for cerebrovascular and CSF dynamics as factors in Alzheimer's disease (AD): DMSO, fluorocarbon oxygen carriers, thyroid hormonal, and other suggested therapeutic measures by Regelson, W, Harkins, S W

“…This paper represents our summary interpretation of this symposium and provides our own suggestions as to cause and therapeutic approaches that could modulate…”
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The urinary diary in evaluation of incontinent women: a test-retest analysis by Wyman, J F, Choi, S C, Harkins, S W, Wilson, M S, Fantl, J A

“…This study investigated the use of a one-week urinary diary in the evaluation of incontinent women. The sample consisted of 50 community-dwelling women, ages…”
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Self-Appraised Problem-Solving Ability, Affective States, and Psychological Distress by Elliott, Timothy R, Sherwin, Elisabeth, Harkins, Stephen W, Marmarosh, Cheri

“…According to the social problem-solving model, a positive problem orientation wards off negative affect and promotes positive affect to enhance problem…”
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Psychophysiological and Psychophysical Responses to Experimental Pain Induced by Two Types of Cutaneous Thermal Stimuli by Itskovich, Vitalii V., Fei, Ding-Yu, Harkins, Stephen W.

“…Evoked potentials (EPs) to noxious thermal stimulation of skin may provide information about integrity of the nociceptive afferent system and thus small…”
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Otalgia and Aversive Symptoms in Temporomandibular Disorders by Bush, Francis M., Harkins, Stephen W., Harrington, Walter G.

“…The term Costen's syndrome has been used in the dentomedical literature to describe a constellation of craniofacial symptoms. Since some of the same complaints…”
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Personality change in dementia of the Alzheimer's type: relations to caregiver personality and burden by Welleford, E A, Harkins, S W, Taylor, J R

“…Using the NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI), we evaluated caregivers' perceptions of personality prior to symptom onset and current personality in 36…”
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Cognitive, affective, and behavioral effects of reminiscence group therapy on demented elderly by Goldwasser, A N, Auerbach, S M, Harkins, S W

“…Twenty-seven demented elderly nursing home residents were given either reminiscence group therapy or supportive group therapy or were assigned to a…”
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Rate of Forgetting in Dementia and Depression by Hart, Robert P, Kwentus, Joseph A, Taylor, John R, Harkins, Stephen W

“…Patients with mild dementia of the Alzheimer's type (DAT), patients with major depression, and normal control subjects were examined for rate of forgetting…”
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Efficacy of Bladder Training in Older Women With Urinary Incontinence by Fantl, J. Andrew, Wyman, Jean F, McClish, Donna K, Harkins, Stephen W, Elswick, Ronald K, Taylor, John R, Hadley, Evan C

“…The efficacy of bladder training was evaluated in a randomized clinical trial involving 123 noninstitutionalized women 55 years and older with urinary…”
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Baroreflex control of plasma norepinephrine and heart period in healthy subjects and diabetic patients by ECKBERG, D. L, HARKINS, S. W, FRITSCH, J. M, MUSGRAVE, G. E, GARDNER, D. F

“…Resting diabetic patients may have excessively rapid heart rates, reduced heart rate variability, and subnormal plasma catecholamine levels. Although all of…”
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Bladder training in the management of lower urinary tract dysfunction in women. A review by Fantl, J A, Wyman, J F, Harkins, S W, Hadley, E C

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Fluid loss quantitation test in women with urinary incontinence: a test-retest analysis by Fantl, J A, Harkins, S W, Wyman, J F, Choi, S C, Taylor, J R

“…A modified perineal pad-weighing method for objective quantitation of fluid loss is presented. The bladder was filled by retrograde flow, a sequence of…”
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Rate of forgetting in mild Alzheimer's-type dementia by Hart, R P, Kwentus, J A, Harkins, S W, Taylor, J R

“…Patients with mild dementia of the Alzheimer's type (DAT) and matched controls were examined for rate of forgetting line drawings of common objects. DAT…”
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Tacrine Treatment in Alzheimer's Disease Enhances Cerebral Blood Flow and Mental Status and Decreases Caregiver Suffering by HARKINS, S. W., TAYLOR, J. R., MATTAY, V., REGELSON, W.

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Quality of life following bladder training in older women with urinary incontinence by Wyman, J. F., Fantl, J. A., McClish, D. K., Harkins, S. W., Uebersax, J. S., Ory, M. G.

“…This study investigated the changes in quality of life following a randomized controlled 6-week trial of bladder training in 123 older women with urinary…”
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