Table 2 Neurophysiology of Pain Questionnaire by Moseley [20]
From: Comparison of pain neurophysiology knowledge among health sciences students: a cross-sectional study
Question | T | F | U | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Receptors on nerves work by opening ion channels (gates) in the wall of the nerve | # | ||
2 | When part of your body is injured, special pain receptors convey the pain message to your brain | # | ||
3 | Pain only occurs when you are injured | # | ||
4 | The timing and intensity of pain matches the timing and number of signals in nociceptors (danger receptors) | # | ||
5 | Nerves have to connect a body part to your brain in order for that body part to be in pain | # | ||
6 | In chronic pain, the central nervous system becomes more sensitive to nociception (danger messages) | # | ||
7 | The body tells the brain when it is in pain | # | ||
8 | The brain sends messages down your spinal cord that can increase the nociception (danger message) going up your spinal cord | # | ||
9 | The brain decides when you will experience pain | # | ||
10 | Nerves adapt by increasing their resting level of excitement | # | ||
11 | Chronic pain means that an injury hasn’t healed properly | # | ||
12 | Nerves can adapt by making more ion channels (gates) | # | ||
13 | Worse injuries always result in worse pain | # | ||
14 | Nerves adapt by making ion channels (gates) stay open longer | # | ||
15 | Second-order nociceptor (messenger nerve) post-synaptic membrane potential is dependent on descending modulation | # | ||
16 | When you are injured, the environment that you are in will not have an effect on the amount of pain you experience | # | ||
17 | It is possible to have pain and not know about it | # | ||
18 | When you are injured, chemicals in your tissue can make nerves more sensitive | # | ||
19 | In chronic pain, chemicals associated with stress can directly activate nociception pathways (danger messenger nerves) | # | ||