Semiology of Pain
Semiology · Clinical Bases
How it begins
Estudio exhaustivo del dolor como síntoma y como síndrome: neurobiología, clasificación, caracterización semiológica completa, escalas de evaluación, fenomenología de la sensibilización, síndromes dolorosos específicos y correlaciones clínicas de nivel experto.
What it covers
- Fundamentals Definition, Neurobiology and Nociceptive Pathway
- · 1.1 Nociception: Transduction, Transmission, Modulation and Perception
- · 1.2 Spinal Processing: The Posterior Horn and Gate Control Theory
- · 1.3 Supraspinal Processing: The Pain Matrix
- Classification of Nociceptive, Neuropathic, Nociplastic and Referred Pain
- · 2.1 Nociceptive Pain: Somatic and Visceral
- · 2.2 Neuropathic Pain: Pathophysiology and Semiology
- · 2.3 Nociplastic Pain: Central Sensitization and Functional Pain
- · 2.4 Referred Pain: Mechanism and Clinical Maps
- · 2.5 Acute Pain vs. Chronic Pain
- Semiology of Pain Systematic Characterization: SOCRATES / ALICIA Method
- · 3.1 The Nine Parameters of Pain: Expert Guide
- · 3.2 Pain Assessment Scales
- · 3.3 Multidimensional Questionnaires and Detection of Neuropathic Pain
- Phenomenology of Chronic Pain Wind-up, Sensitization, Hyperalgesia and Neuroplasticity
- · 4.1 Wind-Up and Long-Term Potentiation (LTP) in Pain
- · 4.2 Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS / CRPS)
- Specific Pain Syndromes Headaches: Complete Semiological Classification
- · 5.1 Semiological Differential Diagnosis of Headaches
- Chest Pain Semiology of Cardiac, Pleuritic and Musculoskeletal Pain
- · 6.1 Semiological Characteristics of Chest Pain
- Low Back Pain and Radiculopathy Exploratory Maneuvers, Root Semiology and Red Flags
- · 7.1 Root Stretching Maneuvers
- Joint and Oncological Pain Joint Semiology, Cancer Pain and Analgesic Ladder
- · 8.1 Semiology of Joint Pain
- · 8.2 Oncological Pain: Classification and Analgesic Ladder
- Special Populations Pain in Pediatrics, Geriatrics and the Critical Patient
- · 9.1 Pain in Pediatrics
- · 9.2 Pain in Geriatrics and in Patients with Cognitive Impairment
- Red Flags Clinical Synthesis of Pain, Expert History and Principles of Management
- · 10.1 Red Flags of Pain: Warning Signs that Require Urgent Study
- · 10.2 Principles of Pain Management: From Pharmacology to Neuroscience
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- Subject
- Semiology
- Category
- Clinical Bases
- Type
- Study Guide
- Sections
- 32
- Reviewed
- 2026-08-02