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dolorimeter

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dolorimeter /do·lor·im·e·ter/ (-im´ĕ-ter) an instrument for measuring pain in dols.
dolorimeter [do″lor-im´ĕ-ter]
an instrument for measuring pain in dols; see also algesimeter.

dolorimeter
an instrument for measuring pain in dols.


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The subject were tested for the following primary outcomes: (a) range of motion of the finger joints measured with a goniometer, (b) hand grip strength evaluated with a JAMR hydraulic hand dynamometer, (c) tenderness of the finger joints measured with a Chatillion instrument dolorimeter, (d) circumference of the finger joints recorded with a jeweler's ring sizer, (e) hand pain on a visual analog scale, and (f) hand function measured by the Stanford Hand Assessment Questionnaire.
Algometers, sometimes referred to as dolorimeters, palpameters, algesiometers, or pressure threshold meters, are designed to quantify and document levels of tenderness via pressure threshold measurement and pain sensitivity via pain tolerance measurements.
 
 
 
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