A new tool for real-time pain assessment in experimental and clinical environments.

Pain measurement largely depends on the ability to rate personal subjective pain. Nevertheless, pain scales can be difficult to use during medical procedures. We hypothesized that pain can be expressed intuitively and in real-time by squeezing a pressure sensitive device. We developed such a device...

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Main Authors: Nils Schaffner, Gerd Folkers, Silvia Käppeli, Markus Musholt, Günther F L Hofbauer, Victor Candia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3511427?pdf=render