Quantitative sensory testing in the German Research Network on Neuropathic Pain (DFNS): Reference data for the trunk and application in patients with chronic postherpetic neuralgia

Pain

Volumn 155, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1002-1015

  Pfau, Doreen B ^a   Krumova, Elena K ^b   Treede, Rolf Detlef ^a   Baron, Ralf ^c   Toelle, Thomas ^d   Birklein, Frank ^e   Eich, Wolfgang ^f   Geber, Christian ^e   Gerhardt, Andreas ^f   Weiss, Thomas ^g   Magerl, Walter ^a   Maier, Christoph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^g FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Detection; Female; Gender; Male; Mechanical; Pain; QST; Reference data; Test retest reliability; Thermal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOCICEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE SENSORY TESTING; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSORY EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; GERMANY; HYPERALGESIA; NEURALGIA; NEURALGIA, POSTHERPETIC; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; NEURALGIA, POSTHERPETIC; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898600574     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2014.02.004     Document Type: Article

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