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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2306-4102</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Acta ortopédica mexicana]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Acta ortop. mex]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2306-4102</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Colegio Mexicano de Ortopedia y Traumatología A.C.]]></publisher-name>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S2306-41022016000200073</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Evaluación del dolor en el adulto mayor]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Evaluation of the pain in older people]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Labronici]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[PJ]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[dos Santos-Viana]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[AM]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[dos Santos-Filho]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[FC]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Santos-Pires]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[RE]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Labronici]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[GJ]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Penteado-da Silva]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[LH]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Federal Fluminense Hospital Santa Teresa ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Petrópolis RJ]]></addr-line>
<country>Brasil</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Santa Teresa Servicio de Ortopedia y Traumatologia ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Petrópolis RJ]]></addr-line>
<country>Brasil</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Federal de Minas Gerais  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Minas Gerais ]]></addr-line>
<country>Brasil</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Santa Teresa Servicio de Ortopedia y Traumatologia ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Petrópolis RJ]]></addr-line>
<country>Brasil</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af5">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital do Trauma y Hospital Escuela São Vicente Paula Servicio de Trauma Y membro del grupo de la pélvis/ancha do IOT ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Passo Fundo RS]]></addr-line>
<country>Brasil</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>30</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>73</fpage>
<lpage>80</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2306-41022016000200073&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2306-41022016000200073&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2306-41022016000200073&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen:  Objetivo:  Comparar las informaciones obtenidas del porcentaje verbal de mejoría declarada verbalmente con la escala visual analógica (EVA) en personas con edad menor y mayor o igual de 65 años.  Pacientes y métodos:  Fueron evaluados 95 individuos con dolor agudo en el hombro (entesitis). Fue solicitado en cada uno de ellos medir la intensidad del dolor a través de la EVA tras un tratamiento médico con infiltración de corticosteroide en el hombro; fueron examinados una semana después, con una nueva medición de la intensidad del dolor verbalmente. Enseguida, las informaciones fueron comparadas entre pacientes con edad mayor o igual y menor de 65 años.  Resultados:  Se utilizó una diferencia de hasta 10% en módulo (valor absoluto) entre el porcentaje verbalmente declarado y el calculado con base en las medidas declaradas en la EVA. En los sujetos &lt; 65 años, la frecuencia de casos donde la variación entre el porcentaje de mejoría verbalmente declarado y el calculado excede 10% fue de 29.8%; entre las personas &#8805; 65 años la discrepancia ocurrió en 60.95%.  Conclusión:  El análisis de este estudio utilizó distintos métodos descriptivos e inferenciales para investigar las hipótesis levantadas; dentro de las herramientas empleadas, una confirma la hipótesis sobre los individuos &#8805; 65 años y nos lleva a recomendar que el uso de la EVA para este grupo etario sea realizado con cautela y orientación.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract:  Objective:  To compare the information obtained of the percentage of improvement declared orally with the improvement marked in the visual analogical scale (VAS) in patients under and over 65 years of age.  Patients and methods:  Ninety-five individuals with acute shoulder pain (enthesitis) were evaluated. The subjects were requested to mark the pain intensity in the VAS before a treatment with corticosteroid injection in the shoulder and were evaluated again through the VAS one week after the procedure. They were also requested to declare orally the pain intensity. Then, the information was compared between patients aged under and over 65 years of age.  Results:  29.8% of those younger than 65 years, and 60.95% of those older than that age presented more than 10% difference between orally stated and calculated pain relief percentage based on the VSA.  Conclusion:  The difference between the orally stated and the calculated pain relief percentage based on the VSA was significantly higher in the group of those older than 65 years. This finding proved that the VAS is a poor method to evaluate pain relief in the senior population.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[pain]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[visual analogical scale (VAS)]]></kwd>
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