Reliability of thermal quantitative sensory testing: A systematic review

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 191-208

  Moloney, Niamh A ^a   Hall, Toby M ^b   Doody, Catherine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cold detection threshold; Cold pain threshold; Detection thresholds; Heat pain threshold; Neurophysiology; Pain thresholds; Quality appraisal for reliability studies; Quantita tive sensory testing; Reliability; Warm detection threshold

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; MEDICAL COMPUTING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; RELIABILITY;

DETECTION THRESHOLD; MEDICAL DATABASE; NARRATIVE ANALYSIS; PAIN THRESHOLD; QUALITY APPRAISALS; QUANTITATIVE SENSORY TESTING; RELIABILITY DATA; SENSORY TESTING; SOMATOSENSORY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; COLD SENSATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; HEAT SENSATION; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; METHODOLOGY; NARRATIVE ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE SENSORY TESTING; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

HUMANS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84930484061     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 19381352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2011.03.0044     Document Type: Review

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