Quantitative Sensory Testing Across Chronic Pain Conditions and Use in Special Populations [PDF]
Frontiers in Pain Research, 2022 Chronic pain imposes a significant burden to the healthcare system and adversely affects patients' quality of life. Traditional subjective assessments, however, do not adequately capture the complex phenomenon of pain, which is influenced by a multitude ...
Kristen R. Weaver +14 more
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Feasibility of quantitative sensory testing in juvenile idiopathic arthritis [PDF]
Pediatric Rheumatology Online Journal, 2022 Objective Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) is a childhood-rheumatic disease with pain as a major early complaint, and in 10–17% pain remains a major symptom.
Maarten O. Mensink +3 more
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Quantitative Sensory Testing to Predict Postoperative Pain [PDF]
Current Pain and Headache Reports, 2021 Purpose of Review We review the relevance of quantitative sensory testing (QST) in light of acute and chronic postoperative pain and associated challenges.
Matthias Braun +6 more
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Test-retest reliability of a simple bedside-quantitative sensory testing battery for chronic neuropathic pain. [PDF]
Pain Rep, 2023 Supplemental Digital Content is Available in the Text. In addition to the previously described good criterion validity, most bedside-quantitative sensory testing parameters showed satisfactory test–retest reliability and divergent validity, allowing ...
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Comprehensive quantitative sensory testing shows altered sensory function in women with chronic pelvic pain: results from the Translational Research in Pelvic Pain (TRiPP) Study. [PDF]
Pain, 2023 Quantitative sensory testing in chronic pelvic pain shows changes to sensation, including deep tissue and cutaneous inputs, suggesting central and peripheral mechanisms may be important.
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Quantitative sensory testing of the equine face. [PDF]
Equine Veterinary Journal, 2020 BACKGROUND Quantitative sensory testing methods are now standard in the evaluation of sensory function in humans, while few normal equine values have been reported.
K. Veres-Nyéki +3 more
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Current Concept of Quantitative Sensory Testing and Pressure Pain Threshold in Neck/Shoulder and Low Back Pain. [PDF]
Healthcare (Basel), 2022 In recent years, several published articles have shown that quantitative sensory testing (QST) and pressure pain threshold (PPT) are useful in the analysis of neck/shoulder and low back pain.
Suzuki H +10 more
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The Association of Pain Medication Usage and Quantitative Sensory Testing Outcomes in Fibromyalgia Patients: A Secondary Data Analysis [PDF]
NeuroSciBackground: Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS), a chronic pain syndrome affecting 0.2–6.6% of the general population, is known for its challenging diagnosis and treatment. The known dysregulation in the Endogenous Pain Modulatory System (EPMS) characteristic of
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Reliability of intraoral quantitative sensory testing (QST) [PDF]
Pain, 2010 The German Research Network on Neuropathic Pain (DFNS) has recommended a protocol with 13 quantitative sensory testing (QST) measures for detecting somatosensory abnormalities. Reliability is an important scientific property and has been adequately tested for cutaneous QST.
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Quantitative Sensory Testing in Late-Onset ATTRv Presymptomatic Subjects: A Single Center Experience [PDF]
Biomedicines, 2022 Backgrounds Hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTRv) presymptomatic subjects undergo multidisciplinary evaluation to detect, as early as possible, a subclinical involvement of multisystem disease.
Stefano Tozza +8 more
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