Test-retest studies in quantitative sensory testing: A critical review

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 957-963

  Werner, M U ^a   Petersen, M A ^b   Bischoff, J M ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; METHODOLOGY; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE SENSORY TESTING; REVIEW; SENSORY ANALYSIS; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; THERMAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; PUBLISHING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSATION; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84881664334     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aas.12150     Document Type: Review

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