Reliability of intraoral quantitative sensory testing (QST)

Pain

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 220-226

  Pigg, Maria ^a   Baad Hansen, Lene ^b   Svensson, Peter ^b,c   Drangsholt, Mark ^d   List, Thomas ^a  

^a MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic intraoral pain; Neuropathic pain; Orofacial pain; Quantitative sensory testing; Reliability; Somatosensory testing; Trigeminal nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GINGIVA; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH MUCOSA; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PREMOLAR TOOTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSORY SYSTEM PARAMETERS; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; FACIAL PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74449091155     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.10.024     Document Type: Article

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