Background Quantitative sensory testing (QST) is a diagnostic tool for the assessment of the
somatosensory system. To establish QST as an outcome measure for clinical trials, the …

Quantitative sensory testing (QST) is an instrument to assess positive and negative sensory
signs, helping to identify mechanisms underlying pathologic pain conditions. In this study …

Quantitative sensory testing (QST) is being used increasingly in the research environment to
measure somatosensory responses, both in patients with pain disorders and in normal …

Quantitative sensory testing (QST) has become a widely used method to evaluate different
submodalities of the somatic sensory system (predominantly) in patients with neuropathic …

Clinical use of quantitative sensory testing (QST) requires standardization. The German
research network on neuropathic pain (DFNS) solves this problem by defining reference …

Quantitative sensory testing (QST) is a psychophysical method used to quantify
somatosensory function in response to controlled stimuli in healthy subjects and patients …

Quantitative sensory testing (QST) has been used clinically for the last two decades, yielding
a substantial number of publications regarding these applications. In this review we tried to …

The nationwide multicenter trials of the German Research Network on Neuropathic Pain
(DFNS) aim to characterize the somatosensory phenotype of patients with neuropathic pain …

Quantitative sensory testing (QST), a set of noninvasive methods used to assess sensory
and pain perception, has been used for three decades. The precision of the instruments and …

2.1. Study design Data were collected as part of a longitudinal prospective study assessing
QST responses in a clinical cohort of both acute low back pain and healthy individuals, with …