title: An improved radiant heat algometer and its application to pain threshold measurements in man.
abstract: A radiant heat algometer system is described which enables the psychophysical and clinical study of cutaneous pain sensations and reactions by means of a precise, stabilized power source. In this system DC electric power consumption of a bulb is automatically controlled, and no calibration is necessary to be controlled frequently. Moreover, attention is drawn to the significance of using the blackened sticky tape and of the pre-heating procedure. The application of this algometer is also described for a pain threshold determination with the intensity and time methods.
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008452:Maximum Allowable Concentration; D010146:Pain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010827:Physiology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012677:Sensation; D012879:Skin Physiological Phenomena