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Keskinarkaus, A., Yang, R., Fylakis, A. et al. Pain fingerprinting using multimodal sensing: pilot study. Multimed Tools Appl 81, 5717–5742 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-021-11761-8

Pain fingerprinting using multimodal sensing : pilot study

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Author: Keskinarkaus, Anja1; Yang, Ruijing1,2; Fylakis, Angelos1;
Organizations: 1Center for Machine Vision and Signal Analysis (CMVS), Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
2School of Information Science and Technology, Northwest University, Xi’an, China
3Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
4Neural Eng. & Clin Electrophysiology Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
5Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University Hospital and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
Format: article
Version: published version
Access: open
Online Access: PDF Full Text (PDF, 2.8 MB)
Persistent link: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2022030922636
Language: English
Published: Springer Nature, 2022
Publish Date: 2022-03-09
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Abstract

Pain is a complex phenomenon, the experience of which varies widely across individuals. At worst, chronic pain can lead to anxiety and depression. Cost-effective strategies are urgently needed to improve the treatment of pain, and thus we propose a novel home-based pain measurement system for the longitudinal monitoring of pain experience and variation in different patients with chronic low back pain. The autonomous nervous system and audio-visual features are analyzed from heart rate signals, voice characteristics and facial expressions using a unique measurement protocol. Self-reporting is utilized for the follow-up of changes in pain intensity, induced by well-designed physical maneuvers, and for studying the consecutive trends in pain. We describe the study protocol, including hospital measurements and questionnaires and the implementation of the home measurement devices. We also present different methods for analyzing the multimodal data: electroencephalography, audio, video and heart rate. Our intention is to provide new insights using technical methodologies that will be beneficial in the future not only for patients with low back pain but also patients suffering from any chronic pain.

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Series: Multimedia tools and applications
ISSN: 1380-7501
ISSN-E: 1573-7721
ISSN-L: 1380-7501
Volume: 81
Issue: 4
Pages: 5717 - 5742
DOI: 10.1007/s11042-021-11761-8
OADOI: https://oadoi.org/10.1007/s11042-021-11761-8
Type of Publication: A1 Journal article – refereed
Field of Science: 113 Computer and information sciences
3121 General medicine, internal medicine and other clinical medicine
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Funding: Open Access funding provided by University of Oulu including Oulu University Hospital. University of Oulu, The National Technology Agency of Finland (Business Finland).
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