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This topic has appeared in the English Wikipedia rankings 1 time. It first appeared on 2026-05-14 and was most recently seen on 2026-05-14.
Pain compliance is the use of painful stimulus to control or direct a person. The purpose of pain compliance is to direct the actions of the subject, and to this end, the pain is lessened or removed when compliance is achieved. This provides incentive to the subject to carry out the action required. The stimulus can be manual through brute force and placing pressure on pain-sensitive areas on the body. Painful hyperextension or hyperflexion on joints is also used. Tools such as a whip or a baton, an electroshock weapon, or chemicals such as tear gas or pepper spray are commonly used as well.
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