Test-retest reliability of Quantitative Sensory Testing in knee osteoarthritis and healthy participants

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 655-658

  Wylde, V ^a   Palmer, S ^b   Learmonth, I D ^a   Dieppe, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Knee; Osteoarthritis; Quantitative sensory testing; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGOMETRY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE SENSORY TESTING; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; THERMAL STIMULATION; TOUCH;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN PERCEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; THERMOSENSING;

EID: 79955956181     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2011.02.009     Document Type: Article

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