Perhaps it's hurting but I'm not sure – like many people with autism I can find it hard to recognise pain and even harder to voice it.
Similarly, riders should be capable of identifying potential risks of injury and be able to recognise pain and the physical representation of injury in the horse.
Most participants, relatives and healthcare professionals felt confident in recognising pain in patients with dementia although some admitted it was sometimes a "guessing game".
In surveys of veterinarians concerning the use of analgesics in cattle practice, lack of knowledge in recognising pain [ 6], the belief that farm animals feel less pain than smaller animals [ 7], economic reasons [ 8, 9] and the lack of valid and reliable instruments to assess pain have been cited as the main reasons why analgesics are not used more frequently [ 6].
However, similar to an earlier study in Nepal, 16 6–22% of individuals in our demographic subsets recognised chest pain as a symptom, which is less compared with 60% of Vietnamese Americans who spontaneously mentioned chest pain.
I won't pretend I felt guilty, but behind the silhouette of the petitioner I recognised the pain.
The TUC's general secretary, Frances O'Grady, said she was pleased Carney recognised the pain felt by British workers "from pay cuts deeper than any since the 1920s, and he was clear that Britain deserves a pay rise".
It is generally recognised that pain measurement should use methods based on patients' self-report.
The Abels study used visual analogue scales to measure changes in symptoms and QoL, a method that is recognised in pain assessment and other symptom assessment and has sensitivity in cancer-symptom assessment.
Still, even if other world leaders conclude that they cannot support numerical targets, they must recognise the pain that the US is suffering in the name of free trade.
