CES CES Pain Science and Injury Prevention

Question 1

According to modern pain science, pain is best defined as which of the following?

Accepted Answer

An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage

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A direct measure of tissue damage

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A purely physiological signal from nociceptors

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A symptom that always correlates with structural injury

Question 2

What term describes the process by which the nervous system becomes increasingly sensitized, amplifying pain signals beyond what tissue damage alone would produce?

Accepted Answer

Central sensitization

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Allodynia

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Peripheral neuropathy

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Nociceptive fatigue

Question 3

Which type of nociceptor is responsible for transmitting sharp, well-localized acute pain signals?

Accepted Answer

A-delta fibers

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C fibers

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A-beta fibers

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B fibers

Question 4

The 'biopsychosocial model' of pain suggests that pain experience is influenced by which combination of factors?

Accepted Answer

Biological, psychological, and social factors

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Biological and structural factors only

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Neurological and pharmacological factors

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Postural and biomechanical factors only

Question 5

What is the role of the CES when a client reports acute pain during a corrective exercise session?

Accepted Answer

Refer the client to an appropriate healthcare professional

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Modify exercise intensity and continue the session

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Administer manual therapy to reduce pain

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Prescribe anti-inflammatory medication if available

Question 6

Which of the following best describes 'allodynia'?

Accepted Answer

Pain elicited by stimuli that would not normally cause pain

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Increased pain sensitivity to normally painful stimuli

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Absence of pain sensation despite tissue damage

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Referred pain from an internal organ