Physiological Measures of Acute and Chronic Pain within Different Subject Groups: A Systematic Review

Table 3

Average scores for invasiveness of modalities (left side of the table) and vulnerability of subject groups (right side of the table).

Method	Average score	Subject group	Average score
Respiratory rate	0.00	Comatose patients	0.17
Respiratory analysis	0.33	People with severe ID	0.33
Heart rate	0.67	Neonates	1.83
Muscle tension	0.83	Children patients	3.00
Body temperature	1.00	People with moderate ID	3.50
Skin conductance	1.17	Verbal patients	3.83
Heart rate variability	1.33	Healthy adults	5.00
Blood pressure	1.50
Pupillometry	1.67
Cerebral BFV	1.83
Facial recognition	2.00
ECG	2.67
EEG	3.00
(f) MRI	3.83
PET/SPECT	4.00
Hormonal analysis	4.17
Needle-based EMG	4.33
Genetics	6.00