Dolorimetry has been defined as the measurement of pain sensitivity or pain intensity. The claim a human body can bear only up to 45 del units of pain. A dolorimeter is an instrument used to measure pain threshold and pain tolerance. It requests the patient to indicate the site s of pain by shading a body diagram. Dolorimeters apply steady pressure heat or electrical stimulation to some area or move a joint or other body part and determine what level of heat or pressure or electric current or amount of movement produces a sensation of pain. Initially developed for cancer pain measurement it has been validated for assessment of pain in a wide range of chronic syndromes.
Of course the current most popular way to gauge pain is through patient self reporting. Some common unidimensional pain scales. They use words images or descriptors to measure pain or pain relief. The bpi is a 17 item self rating scale. This is similar to 20 bones getting fractured at the same time this kid isnt even out yet and he needs a haircut. Hospitals and physician offices use a pain identification chart to help people assess their pain on a scale of one to 10.
Such devices are still in use but havent yet been widely accepted as reliable tools for pain measurement. Clearly there are a lot of factors to consider in the measurement of pain and in answer to the original question there is no ultimate threshold for pain in human beings. Yet at time of giving birth a mother feels up to 57 del units of pain. These pain scales are a simple way for people to rate the intensity of their pain. Researchers best guess is that it is somewhere higher than 11 dol somewhere between childbirth and taking a blowtorch to your face. The brief pain inventory bpi is another multidimensional tool.
Sometimes the pressure is applied using a blunt object or by locally increasing the air pressu.
Gallery of Human Body Pain Measurement
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