The Usefulness of the Pressure Algometer in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Orofacial Pain Patients: A Systematic Review.
Agata KamińskaBartosz DalewskiEwa SobolewskaPublished in: Occupational therapy international (2020)
Based on the analyzed articles, the authors argue that the PPT is not an efficient approach for screening and evaluating orofacial pain. What is more, it should not be used as the only diagnostics tool for patients with orofacial pain. Importantly, however, additional factors should be considered in the future for the evaluation of the PPT, including body symmetry and posture, hormone levels and the menstrual phase in women, and the use of medications and its influence on the PPT. Further clinical trials should also be performed on the PPT, examining head and neck pain patients, with more precise study design and larger samples.
Keyphrases
- chronic pain
- pain management
- clinical trial
- neuropathic pain
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- randomized controlled trial
- type diabetes
- spinal cord
- spinal cord injury
- metabolic syndrome
- pregnant women
- postoperative pain
- skeletal muscle
- insulin resistance
- patient reported