Measuring pressure pain threshold in the cervical region of dizzy patients-The reliability of a pressure algometer.

Mari Kalland KnapstadStein Helge Glad NordahlIngvill Fjell NaterstadTove AskJan Sture SkouenFrederik Kragerud Goplen

Published in: Physiotherapy research international : the journal for researchers and clinicians in physical therapy (2018)

The study shows that a pressure algometer is a reliable tool for measuring PPT in the neck of dizzy patients. Further, the PPT correlates significantly with other subjective measures of pain indicating that it may be a useful tool for further research.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
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chronic pain
prognostic factors
pain management
spinal cord injury