Background: Hypersensitivity of the central nervous system is widely present in pain patients and recognized as one of the determinants of chronic pain and disability. Electronic pressure algometry is ...

Abstract: Quantitative sensory testing is a popular tool for studying pain in the laboratory setting. Hand-held pressure algometers are commonly used to evaluate pain sensitivity in both healthy ...

Abstract: A challenge is always presented when attempting to measure the pain an individual patient experiences. Unfortunately, present technologies rely nearly exclusively on subjective techniques.

The study protocol was approved by the local ethics committee. At the Bern University Hospital 170 consecutive in-patients suffering from pain were asked to participate, 157 of them consented to ...