The IITC Incapacitance Test Meter is used for test assessment of pain and or inflammation of the hind limbs on mice and rats. It overcomes the drawbacks of other methods that might cause unnececessary stress or subjectivity on the animal. The technique known as dynamic weight bearing enables the test on both limbs allowing a clean stress free correlation to the paw pressure test. Control and testing can be done on the same animal at the same time.

Touch pressure threshold testing involves the use of nylon monofilaments of
different lengths and increasing diameters. These monofilaments provide controlled
gradients of force to the mechanoreceptors in the skin and can thus be used to
determine pressure detection thresholds. The advantage of monofilament testing is
that it provides quantified and repeatable information about a patient’s detection of
touch. The pattern of sensibility loss reflected by the monofilament testing helps to
identify pathology.

The IITC Rodent Pincher allows researchers to measure and test pain threshold in a simple, accurate method when measuring pain nociception.

IITC Life Science has developed the first commercially available unit that has the capability of performing four individual tests with one unit.

IITC Life Science Grip Strength Test for rat and mouse is used to to assess muscle hyperalgesia. The IITC Life Science instrument measures the forelimb grip force using a digital force transducer.