Assessment of pain response in capsaicin-induced dynamic mechanical allodynia using a novel and fully automated brushing device.

CONCLUSIONS: A controlled, automatic brushing method can be used for quantitative investigations of allodynic reactions, and is more reliable for quantitative assessment of dynamic mechanical allodynia compared with traditional manual brushing.
PMID: 23457680 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Source: Pain Research and Management - January 1, 2013 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: du Jardin KG, Gregersen LS, Røsland T, Uggerhøj KH, Petersen LJ, Arendt-Nielsen L, Gazerani P Tags: Pain Res Manag Source Type: research