Test‐retest studies in quantitative sensory testing: A critical review

MU Werner, MA Petersen… - Acta Anaesthesiologica …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Quantitative sensory testing (QST) investigates the graded psychophysical response to
controlled thermal, mechanical, electrical or chemical stimuli, allowing quantification of …

[HTML][HTML] Test order of quantitative sensory testing facilitates mechanical hyperalgesia in healthy volunteers

E Gröne, A Crispin, J Fleckenstein, D Irnich… - The Journal of pain, 2012 - Elsevier
Quantitative sensory testing (QST) has become a widely used method to evaluate different
submodalities of the somatic sensory system (predominantly) in patients with neuropathic …

Can quantitative sensory testing predict responses to analgesic treatment?

K Grosen, IWD Fischer, AE Olesen… - European journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The role of quantitative sensory testing (QST) in prediction of analgesic effect in humans is
scarcely investigated. This updated review assesses the effectiveness in predicting …

Clinical applications of quantitative sensory testing (QST)

R Zaslansky, D Yarnitsky - Journal of the neurological sciences, 1998 - Elsevier
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 …

Quantitative sensory testing in physically active individuals and patients who underwent multidisciplinary pain therapy in the longitudinal course

U Dapunt, S Gantz, A Zhuk, K Gather… - Journal of Pain …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Objective The aim of this study was to evaluate possible differences of quantitative sensory
testing (QST) results in healthy individuals (group control, n= 20), physically active …

Quantitative sensory testing in pain management

CJ Roldan, S Abdi - Pain management, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Improving QST reliability—more raters, tests, or occasions? A multivariate generalizability study

S O'Neill, L O'Neill - The Journal of Pain, 2015 - Elsevier
The reliability of quantitative sensory testing (QST) is affected by the error attributable to both
test occasion and rater (examiner) and the interactions between them. Most reliability …

[PDF][PDF] Reliability of thermal quantitative sensory testing: a systematic review

NA Moloney, TM Hall… - Journal of rehabilitation …, 2012 - rehab.research.va.gov
The use of quantitative sensory testing (QST) has become more widespread, with increasing
focus on describing somatosensory profiles and pain mechanisms. However, the reliability …

Clinical implementation of two quantitative sensory tests: cold stress test and the ten test

Z Uddin, J MacDermid… - Physiotherapy Practice and …, 2014 - content.iospress.com
Accurate assessment of pain or sensory function in clinical practice is challenging.
Quantitative Sensory Testing (QST) is a standardized approach to measuring pain and …

Concurrent validity of a low‐cost and time‐efficient clinical sensory test battery to evaluate somatosensory dysfunction

GC Zhu, K Böttger, H Slater, C Cook… - … Journal of Pain, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background This study describes a low‐cost and time‐efficient clinical sensory test (CST)
battery and evaluates its concurrent validity as a screening tool to detect somatosensory …