Quantitative sensory testing of temperature thresholds: Possible biomarkers for persistent pain?

Summary, in English

To investigate the reproducibility of thermal thresholds, as measured by repeated quantitative sensory testing (QST) in healthy controls, and to asses if temperature sensitivity differs between healthy controls and a cohort of patients with persistent pain.

• Author: Eva-Maj Malmström; Johanna Stjerna; Edward Högestätt; Hans Westergren
• Department/s: Otorhinolaryngology (Lund); Family Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology; Division of Clinical Chemistry and Pharmacology; Rehabilitation medicine
• Publishing year: 2015
• Language: English
• Pages: 43-47
• Publication/Series: Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine
• Volume: 48
• Issue: 1
• Full text: - 289 kB; Download statistics
• Links: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26450179?dopt=Abstract; http://dx.doi.org/10.2340/16501977-2024
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Topic: Family Medicine
• Status: Published
• Research group: Family Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology; Rehabilitation medicine
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 1651-2081