Can quantitative sensory testing move us closer to mechanism-based pain management?

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 61-72

  Cruz Almeida, Yenisel ^a   Fillingim, Roger B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Pain; Pain management; Phenotypes; QST; Quantitative sensory testing; Sensory function

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC PAIN; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EXPERIMENTAL PAIN; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PUBLICATION; QUANTITATIVE SENSORY TESTING; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SENSORY EVALUATION; SENSORY STIMULATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PHENOTYPES; QST; QUANTITATIVE SENSORY TESTING; SENSORY FUNCTION;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLD TEMPERATURE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FORECASTING; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; IRRITANTS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL STIMULATION;

EID: 84892551798     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pme.12230     Document Type: Review

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