Pain Theories and Their Relevance to the Pedia Tric Population

1 January 1981

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in Issues in Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing

Vol. 5 (5-6) , 321-326
https://doi.org/10.3109/01460868109106347

Abstract

This paper explores theories of pain and relates those theories to the pediatric population. Early childhood development involves gradual myelination of peripheral nerve fibers and the maturation of higher cortical functions. Children perceive, respond to, and remember pain. Their early, preverbal pain experiences most probably are a great influence on adult evaluative-cognitive pain processing.

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