Talk:Dolorimeter

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This page (http://healthsciences.qmuc.ac.uk/labweb/Equipment/Dolorimeter.htm) states that a dolorimeter uses pressure rather than heat as a stimulus; there may be several different types of dolorimeter in use and so this page should be more generic (e.g. 'a device that measures a subject's pain threshold') or begin to list different types.

You should expand it then - be bold!

How does this take into account that a person's pain tolerance is dependent on the nature of the pain? For instance, the pain of a sting, a cut, an inflamed nerve, a headache, a toothache and a high blood pressure headache, are all qualitatively different. Sometimes, a simple skin-deep cut can hurt quantitatively more than a given regular headache, while the headache can easily affect you a lot more. Zuiram 22:56, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] More resources

• The John C. Liebeskind History of Pain Collection
• BIBLIOGRAPHY IN SCIENTIFIC ALGONOMY

--Filll 16:20, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

• The Influence of Site of Stimulation, Age, and Gender on Pain Threshold in Healthy Children, Jorn A Hogeweg, Wietse Kuis, Rob AB Oostendorp, Paul JM Helders, Physical Therapy . Volume 76 . Number 12 . December 1996.