Dutch researchers develop technology for pain monitoring
Thursday, November 5, 2009 - 17:21
in Health & Medicine
Ten of thousands of patients suffer chronic pain as a result of operations, and this continues even after the wounds caused by the operation have healed. Researchers from the MIRA research institute - the University of Twente`s Research Institute for Biomedical Technology and Technical Medicine - have now developed a portable system that can be used to measure patients` sensitivity to pain. The readings show which patients are likely to suffer chronic post-operative pain.
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