Medoc

Medoc devices for thermal, vibratory and pressure stimulation are widely used in diverse research fields with hundreds of papers published on topics of small fiber neuropathies, diabetic neuropathy, chronic pain, CRPS, fibromyalgia, pain imaging and many more. Medoc devices allow our customers to perform various testing modalities, such as QST, CHEPS, conditioned pain modulation, temporal summation, and more.

Quantitative sensory testing (QST) devices.

TSA-2 Air portable full-range

The TSA2 Air is the newest device by Medoc, offering an air-cooled and light device that will ease day-to-day handling. This new cooling technology allows the broadest range of temperatures from 0-53°C, and fast rates, all this in an air-cooled device.

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Highlights:

Air-cooled
Portable
Full temperature range (0-53°C)
Fast speeds (up to 10°C/Sec.)
Standard 30×30 mm thermode
Standard External control and TTL

TSA 2-Advanced Thermosensory Stimulator

Highlights:

Precise thermal pain stimulation temperature control
External Control programming capability
Rapid thermal stimulation rates- up to 13°C/sec
Single and Dual Thermode configurations
Upgradeable for the fmri imaging environment
Add the new CHEPS for TSA2 thermode for rapid and precise heat and cold stimulation

Medoc's TSA-2

Q-SENSE

The Q-Sense is a portable, easy-to-use and affordable quantitative sensory testing (QST) device for clinical, research and pharmacologic trial use.

Highlights:

Light, portable and air cooled device.
Goes as low as 16 degrees C
Can be used for heat & mechanical pain threshold
Sensitive and reproducible
Pre-programmed test algorithms
Versatile patient database
Normative reference data

ALGOMED – Digital Algometer

Computerized Pressure Algometer is the first software-based computerized Algometer to offer real-time visual & auditory feedback to control & monitor applied pressure rates. Algometers are designed to quantify and document levels of tenderness via pressure pain threshold measurement and pain sensitivity via pressure pain tolerance measurement. Pressure algometry is a reliable measure of pain in muscles, fascia, joints, tendons, ligaments, and the periosteum.

Highlights:

Medoc’s AlgoMed provides clinical researchers with a new tool for protocols requiring precise pressure pain data.
Real-time visual & auditory feedback
Comprehensive test statistics
Body site selection
Customizable outcome-based color graphic reports
Adjustable protocols, including thresholds and Ramp & hold

Intro to Thermal QST Webinar
Working with the pulses program on Medoc MMS
New CHEPS for TSA 2 – Fast. Precise. Easy.
Webinar: QST leading the way to better pain treatment part 1/3
Good things come in small packages: the Tiny Thermode for TSA 2
External Control Webinar
Webinar: TSA 2 - new capabilities - new possibilities
Q-Sense / Small-fiber Test
AlgoMed - Computerized Pressure Algometer
PATHWAY :: The use of CHEPS in the diagnosis of small fiber neuropathy
Medoc Webinar - CPM (Conditioned Pain Modulation)
Heat-pain hyperalgesia correlation with the analgesic effect of opioids
Medoc-TSA2 -Advanced Thermosensory Stimulator
How to use your Calibration Kit
Getting started with your new Medoc Calibration Kit
Learn how to use the Search program in Medoc Main Station
How to: Use a Dual Thermode program
CHEPS FOR TSA 2- Fast.Precise.Easy
How to import, export and transfer data in MMS
How to install Medoc Main Station (MMS)
How to use your Thermode Calibration Kit
How to use a Dual thermode program
How to use the Search program in Medoc Main Station
How to fill your TSA 2 with coolant fluid
How to install Medoc Main Station (MMS)
Working with the pulses program on Medoc MMS
The Chain Program

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News
Product Updates
Events
Publications

What Oxaliplatin induced peripheral neuropathy and cold-modality QST have in common

In a recent study from Aalborg University in Denmark the effect of oxaliplatin on nerve function has been prospectively assessed throughout the treatment course. Patients (n=17) with Stage III colon cancer, but otherwise healthy, were tested before commencement of oxaliplatin-adjuvant chemotherapy, and prior to each new cycle.

31 Mar, 2023

The look of love – how our partner’s face can modulate pain

Visual stimuli consisted of a face pictures. Pictures of a neutral stranger’s face, a stranger’s happy face or a stranger’s angry face taken from the Karolinska Directed Emotional Faces photo collection. The participants were also shown picture of their partner’s neutral face. Control pictures of an innate object were used, originating from the International Affective Picture System.

31 Mar, 2023

Does COVID-19 affect pain processing?

When the SARS-COV-2 pandemic hit in 2020, the impact on daily lives and health was felt around the world. Between lock-downs, change of daily routine, and isolation, some with chronic pain have coped with increase of their pain complaints and interference (Fallon, 2021) (Clauw, 2020) (Mun, 2021).

09 Dec, 2022

Can the use of QST lead to more targeted pediatric chronic pain treatment?

The QST protocol in this outpatient pain treatment program consists of pressure pain threshold, dynamic mechanical allodynia, mechanical temporal summation, mechanical detection threshold, vibration detection thresholds, temporal summation and conditioned pain modulation (CPM).

09 Dec, 2022

Webinar – Ask what COVAS can do for you from Medoc

CoVAS (Computerized Visual Analogue Scale) is a hardware accessory for use with the Pathway ATS and CHEPS, TSA2, Q-Sense, and AlgoMed systems. CoVAS offers computerized, real-time, continuous VAS evaluation – adding an important dimension to stimulus intensity measurements. In this short webinar we will go into the different applications of the COVAS device through examples of use in the software and some research publications in which the COVAS was used.

05 Dec, 2022

Excellent test-retest repeatability for Medoc’s AlgoMed Pressure Algometer

Medoc’s AlgoMed has recently been validated in a study on patients with unilateral lateral epicondylitis. Lateral epicondylitis is a tendonitis of a lower arm muscle tendon, the extensor carpi radialis brevis muscle, at the elbow site insertion. Patients with lateral epicondylitis may suffer from functional impairment in day-to-day tasks like picking up a chair or holding a cup of coffee due to localized and radiating pain.

03 Oct, 2022

Central Neuropathic Pain in Multiple Sclerosis is Associated with Impaired Innocuous Thermal Pathway

Multiple sclerosis is a chronic disease in which inflammatory demyelinisation takes place in the central nervous system (Korn, 2008). An estimated three quarters of patients with MS suffer pain (Solaro, 2013). Pain can be secondary to other typical MS symptoms like spasticity or mood disorders, but may also be central neuropathic in its origin. Quantitative sensory testing (QST) may assist in discerning specific neural mechanisms from others. So far, there have been few pain physiology studies on MS patients, mostly using small patient cohorts and showing mixed results with QST. Some studies found that thermal sensory thresholds were impaired, which may point to damage to the STTC. This study included 153 participants: 47 MS patients with CNP, 42 pain-free MS patients, and 36 healthy controls.

03 Oct, 2022

Sensory bedside testing: a simple stratification approach for sensory phenotyping

Stratification of patients according to the individual sensory phenotype has been suggested a promising method to identify responders for pain treatment. However, many state-of-the-art sensory testing procedures are expensive or time-consuming.

09 Dec, 2021

Can pain experience indicate one’s risk for Alzheimer’s disease?

Alzheimer's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder, the most common cause of dementia. It causes brain atrophy and results in loss of memory and cognitive decline. The prevalence of dementia is expected to close to triple in the next three decades and early detection is important as it can contribute to better patient outcomes.

08 Dec, 2021

Evaluating neuropathy after breast cancer surgery – QST or bedside examination?

Breast cancer affects approximately 13% of women in their lifetime in the US. Treatment for breast cancer varies between surgery, radiation, immunotherapy, hormonal therapy and chemotherapy, and often includes a combination of interventions. Breast cancer survivors who have undergone surgical removal of cancerous tissue, may cope with long-lasting sensory deficits and neuropathic pain at the surgery site, in part associated with the type of surgery, and often due to the handling of the intercostobrachial nerve (ICBN) during surgery

08 Dec, 2021

Cold perception threshold predicts serious renal complications in Type 2 Diabetes

Diabetic Kidney Disease (DKD) is a known and serious complication of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Could this complication in any way be predicted by a simple and non-invasive test? Fang et al. (2020) found it could.

03 Dec, 2021

The Chain Program

We created a new how-to video on how to use the Chain program to simplify your QST test set-up. We'll take you step-by-step to composing, changing, and running the Chain program.

22 Sep, 2021

What Oxaliplatin induced peripheral neuropathy and cold-modality QST have in common

31 Mar, 2023

The look of love – how our partner’s face can modulate pain

31 Mar, 2023

Does COVID-19 affect pain processing?

09 Dec, 2022

Can the use of QST lead to more targeted pediatric chronic pain treatment?

09 Dec, 2022

Excellent test-retest repeatability for Medoc’s AlgoMed Pressure Algometer

03 Oct, 2022

Thermal testing: what is the norm? A guide to using normative data

Normative data is a large amount of values gathered from people who, in this context, are known to be healthy. This data is gathered using standardized methodology and equipment. In gathering quantitative sensory test results (QST) from healthy subjects in defined age and sex groups, a good comparison to a “healthy standard” can be made. Normative data may differ for specific ethnic backgrounds, therefore, several labs around the world have endeavored to gather data from the local population in their country

15 Aug, 2021

Introducing Noraxon, Ultium Motion

Introducing Noraxon’s next-generation inertial motion capture system, Ultium Motion. The state-of-the-art sensor design delivers accurate & reliable kinematic data for all types of movement – including high velocity and high impact conditions – while maintaining the advantages of the universal Ultium receiver and multi-device myoRESEARCH software platform.

24 Jan, 2021

CHEPS FOR TSA 2

CHEPS for TSA 2 is a perfect tool for rapid and precise heat and cold stimulation. The CHEPS for TSA 2 is a second generation of Medoc CHEPS, and is based on Medoc’s vast knowledge and experience in CHEPS gained over the years. CHEPS for TSA 2 deploys an extremely fast heating rate of 70°C/sec and cooling rate of 40°C/sec, to deliver stimuli within a wide temperature range of 0°C to 55°C.

10 Jan, 2021

Fit to a T(hermode)

This is one of the most common questions we are asked when a customer approaches us, intending to buy a thermal quantitative sensory testing (QST) device. The thermode is the probe that is attached to the participants’ skin, that on command of the computer program changes its temperature to hot or cold. There are several types of thermodes; which one fits you best, depends mostly on your intended use.

09 Jan, 2021

New CHEPS for TSA 2 – Fast. Precise. Easy.

This webinar is an exploration of what Medoc's new CHEPS for TSA2 has to offer. During the webinar, we presented the new CHEPS specifications – its high rates, broad temperature range, large and continuous stimulation area, and more - and their potential contribution to your research or clinical work.

09 Dec, 2020

Webinar – Ask what COVAS can do for you from Medoc

05 Dec, 2022

Intro to Thermal Quantitative Sensory Testing (QST)

During the webinar, we demonstrate various modalities of static and dynamic QST, such as sensory and pain threshold tests, conditioned pain modulation (CPM), temporal summation, and more. We will discuss the ways to perform different tests with Medoc’s thermal devices and software, as well as the scientific and clinical value of thermal QST, as demonstrated in the literature.

07 Jul, 2021

Sensory bedside testing: a simple stratification approach for sensory phenotyping

09 Dec, 2021

Evaluating neuropathy after breast cancer surgery – QST or bedside examination?

08 Dec, 2021

Cold perception threshold predicts serious renal complications in Type 2 Diabetes

03 Dec, 2021

Is it all in the knee?

Patellofemoral pain (PFP) is considered a mechanistic pain syndrome, originating from kinetic, anatomic or biomechanical dysfunction leading to nociceptive pain. However, some data shows that not all pain expressions in patients with PFP can be causatively connected to a biomechanical impairment.

28 Mar, 2021

Tapentadol treatment results in long-term pain relief in patients with chronic low back pain and associates with reduced segmental sensitization

Patients with CLBP demonstrated different phenotypes of endogenous pain modulation. In patients with reduced conditioned pain modulation, tapentadol produced long-term pain relief that coincided with reduction of signs of pain facilitation. These data indicate that the endogenous pain system may be used as a biomarker in the pharmacological treatment of CLBP, enabling an individualized, mechanism-based treatment approach.

14 Feb, 2021

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Quantitative sensory testing (QST) devices.

TSA-2 Air portable full-range

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Q-SENSE

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Product Updates

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Publications

What Oxaliplatin induced peripheral neuropathy and cold-modality QST have in common

The look of love – how our partner’s face can modulate pain

Does COVID-19 affect pain processing?

Can the use of QST lead to more targeted pediatric chronic pain treatment?

Webinar – Ask what COVAS can do for you from Medoc

Excellent test-retest repeatability for Medoc’s AlgoMed Pressure Algometer

Central Neuropathic Pain in Multiple Sclerosis is Associated with Impaired Innocuous Thermal Pathway

Sensory bedside testing: a simple stratification approach for sensory phenotyping

Can pain experience indicate one’s risk for Alzheimer’s disease?

Evaluating neuropathy after breast cancer surgery – QST or bedside examination?

Cold perception threshold predicts serious renal complications in Type 2 Diabetes

The Chain Program

What Oxaliplatin induced peripheral neuropathy and cold-modality QST have in common

The look of love – how our partner’s face can modulate pain

Does COVID-19 affect pain processing?

Can the use of QST lead to more targeted pediatric chronic pain treatment?

Excellent test-retest repeatability for Medoc’s AlgoMed Pressure Algometer

Thermal testing: what is the norm? A guide to using normative data

Introducing Noraxon, Ultium Motion

CHEPS FOR TSA 2

Fit to a T(hermode)

New CHEPS for TSA 2 – Fast. Precise. Easy.

Webinar – Ask what COVAS can do for you from Medoc

Intro to Thermal Quantitative Sensory Testing (QST)

Sensory bedside testing: a simple stratification approach for sensory phenotyping

Evaluating neuropathy after breast cancer surgery – QST or bedside examination?

Cold perception threshold predicts serious renal complications in Type 2 Diabetes

Is it all in the knee?

Tapentadol treatment results in long-term pain relief in patients with chronic low back pain and associates with reduced segmental sensitization

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