An inexpensive, self-assembly pressure algometer.
We have developed a simple instrument for pressure algometry. It can be made easily using components found in most anaesthetic rooms. Ten students were able to make the device using written instructions. All the resulting algometers performed within 10% accuracy limits for values up to 4 kg.cm-2.
Johnson
T W
TW
Manchester and Salford Pain Centre, Hope Hospital, UK.
Watson
P J
PJ
D002138:Calibration; D004867:Equipment Design; D009209:Myofascial Pain Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017288:Pain Threshold; D011312:Pressure; D013594:Syringes