… The first steps toward a broader application of quantitative sensory testing in multicenter
clinical trials are training investigators at multiple sites and establishing normal values as …

… pain to mechanical test stimuli on a numeric rating scale (NRS… Additional studies are needed
on reproducibility of QST in … relevant for clinical studies or patient follow-up. However, with a …

… in large-scale clinical trials and the study of conditioned pain modulation. In clinical practice,
… in large-scale multicenter trials [82]; its use seems promising, although standardization of …

… of clinical trials. As a first prerequisite for a comprehensive somatosensory characterization
of patients, the German Research Network on … abnormalities of a multi-center cohort of 1236 …

… of QST for everyday clinical decisions and clinical trials, we … a numerical rating scale (NRS)
or a visual analogue scale (VAS). … A multi-centre study was conducted to assess the reliability …

… of pain such as the 11-point Numeric Rating Scale (a unidimensional measure of the magnitude
of … KOA pain symptoms are typically mild and nociceptive to start and triggered by weight …

… Neither he nor Mayo Clinic receives financial support from manufacturers of quantitative
sensation testing equipment or peripherals. (ie, WR Medical Electronics, Maplewood, MN and …

… is firstly cooling down, starting from a baseline of 32C, and … studies if patients’ clinical
phenotypes are carefully characterised, profiles of responders may be identified in large-scale trials …

… performing clinical trials. The protocol, consisting of seven … were signed by participants
prior to the beginning of testing. … with the use of a visual analog scale (scale of 0–200 with 0 …

… fork (64 Hz, 8/8 scale, mean of three testing series) and PPT was determined over muscle …
applied in all clinical settings and in large clinical trials. If the cluster analysis showed that few …