A Simple and Reliable Apparatus for the Measurement of Pain

Poser, Ernest G.

doi:10.2307/1419618

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“…The amount of cuff pressure generated was the dependent measure in a sphygmomanometer device that included a metal grater (similar to that used in kItchens) sewn into the cuff (Hollander, 1939). This technique was later made more aggressive by Poser (1962), who replaced the grater with 94 point projections attached to a plastic base. This alteration, however, tended to leave marks on the subject's arm that persisted for several days.…”

Section: Device Styles and Quantificationmentioning

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Reinventing the algometer: Synopsis of the literature and presentation of a reliable, inexpensive model

Rainwater

McNeil

1991

Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers

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This article summarizes the historical development ofthe algometerirtscirntiflcinvestigations and notes hallmarks in the evolution of the device. The algometer has served as a safe nociceptive stimulus for more than a century. Although the earliest renditions were inexpensive, they were often unreliable and difficult to operate. More modern versions have brought reliability, but at increased expense and complexity. Newer versions have failed to make the device easy enough to use to be practical. The "reinvented" algometer is reliable, less expensive than commercial devices, and easy to build and use. These improvements should allow greater application of the algometer in empirical research and assessment of pain.

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Section: Device Styles and Quantificationmentioning

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Reinventing the algometer: Synopsis of the literature and presentation of a reliable, inexpensive model

Rainwater

McNeil

1991

Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers

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“…The slow onset of pain at four different intensity levels after standard arm exercise while the arterial supply is occluded has been used to demonstrate the effects of analgesics (Smith, Egbert, Marcowitz, Mosteller & Beecher, 1966; Smith et al, 1968) but few investigators have used it and it has not been proved to be repeatable. The same is true of inflating a sphygmomanometer cuff with internal projections (Poser, 1962). The application of chemicals to a blister produced by cantharidin (Armstrong, Dry, Keele & Monkham, 1953) is more a technique for studying peripheral mechanisms of nociception, but could be used to test analgesics.…”

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The clinical assessment of analgesic drugs.

Littlejohns

Vere

1981

Brit J Clinical Pharma

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“…The present study had two aims: (1) it was designed to examine the relationship between ischaemic pain threshold and pain tolerance -induced by Poser's (1962) …”

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“…The present study had two aims: (1) it was designed to examine the relationship between ischaemic pain threshold and pain toleranceinduced by Poser's (1962) techniques and the pain apperception tests (PAT and MPAF); (2) it attempted to investigate possible links between experimental and clinical pain.…”

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confidence: 99%