Evaluation of Pressure Pain Threshold as a Measure of Perceived Stress and High Job Strain.
Lisbeth HvenPoul FrostJens Peter Ellekilde BondePublished in: PloS one (2017)
Despite significant associations between perceived stress and PPT, the discriminative capability of PPT to distinguish individuals with and without stress is low. PPT measured by pressure algometry seems not applicable as a diagnostic tool of a state of mental stress.