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July 04, 2009  
EDUCATION CENTER: Diagnostics
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    • Dolorimeter


    Overview:
    A dolorimeter is a pressure-based instrument doctors use to quantify a patient's pain.

    Detailed Information:
    A dolorimeter is an instrument for quantifying the threshold of pain. A dolorimeter distributes pressure over a specific area to gain data about patients and their individual sites of pain.

    Last updated: 22-Nov-02


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