Experimental pressure-pain assessments: Test-retest reliability, convergence and dimensionality

Scandinavian Journal of Pain

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-37

  Lacourt, Tamara E ^a   Houtveen, Jan H ^a   van Doornen, Lorenz J P ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Algometry; Pain; Pain threshold; Principal components analysis; Test retest reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGOMETER; ALGOMETRY; ARM MUSCLE; ARM PAIN; ARTICLE; BRACHIORADIALIS MUSCLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL ALGOMETER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOREARM; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MUSCLE LENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE PAIN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY ANALYSIS; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84855778825     PISSN: 18778860     EISSN: 18778879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sjpain.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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