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In the present study, we explore the use of multiple sensing technologies to monitor physiological changes that can be used as a proxy for objective measurement of acute pain. Electrodermal activity (EDA), photoplethysmography (PPG), and respiration (RESP) signals were collected from 22 participants under two pain intensities (low and high) and on two different anatomical locations (forearm and hand). Three machine learning models were implemented, including support vector machines (SVM), decision trees (DT), and linear discriminant analysis (LDA) for the identification of pain. Various pain scenarios were investigated, identification of pain (no pain, pain), multiclass (no pain, low pain, high pain), and identification of pain location (forearm, hand). Reference classification results from individual sensors and from all sensors together were obtained. After feature selection, results showed that EDA was the most informative sensor in the three pain conditions,\n \n \n 93.2<\/mml:mn>\n \u00b1<\/mml:mo>\n 8<\/mml:mn>\n %<\/mml:mi>\n <\/mml:math>\n <\/jats:inline-formula>\n in identification of pain,\n \n \n 68.9<\/mml:mn>\n \u00b1<\/mml:mo>\n 10<\/mml:mn>\n %<\/mml:mi>\n <\/mml:math>\n <\/jats:inline-formula>\n in the multiclass problem, and\n \n \n 56.0<\/mml:mn>\n \u00b1<\/mml:mo>\n 8<\/mml:mn>\n %<\/mml:mi>\n <\/mml:math>\n <\/jats:inline-formula>\n for the identification of pain location. These results identify EDA as the superior sensor in our experimental conditions. Future work is required to validate the obtained features to improve its feasibility in more realistic scenarios. 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