Objectives: Low back pain (LBP) is the most commonly reported chronic pain condition. In
this study, a clinically relevant, induced-LBP paradigm was used to study sensory …

We investigated habituation effects during thermal quantitative sensory testing (tQST) using
8 repetitive measurements for thermal detection and pain thresholds. The same …

Background. In recent years, several published articles have demonstrated that quantitative
sensory testing (QST) is useful in the analysis of musculoskeletal pain disorders. Based on …

Lumbar sympathetic block (LSB) is used in the management of sympathetically maintained
pain states. We characterized cutaneous temperature changes over the lower extremities …

Objectives: We aimed to explore the possible effects of musculoskeletal diagnosis and test
site on QST interrater and test–retest reliability. Methods: The study included participants …

Background Previous studies investigated cold‐evoked potentials (CEPs) for the
assessment of the integrity of cold‐mediating A‐delta fibres and the spinothalamic tract …

Patients with central pain (CP) typically have chronic pain within an area of reduced pain
and temperature sensation, suggesting an impairment of endogenous pain modulation …

Investigating nocifensive withdrawal reflexes as potential surrogate marker for the spinal
excitation level may widen the understanding of maladaptive nociceptive processing after …

Study design: Controlled, cross-sectional, observational. Objectives: To investigate whether
quantitative sensory testing (QST) is able to reveal subclinical deficits at the neurological …

Objective Chronic musculoskeletal pain is accompanied by central sensitization, which can
be determined with quantitative sensory testing (QST). In this study, we aim to investigate …