Within-Session Test-Retest Reliability of Pressure Pain Threshold and Mechanical Temporal Summation in Chronic Low Back Pain.

Fábio Carlos Lucas de OliveiraCamille CossetteCatherine MaillouxTimothy H WidemanLouis-David BeaulieuHugo Massé-Alarie

Published in: The Clinical journal of pain (2023)

Within-session reliability was generally excellent for PPT and TSP at the low back and hand sites among individuals with CLBP. We recommend using three measurements for PPT, and two for TSP, to optimize reliability. Caution is recommended when testing PPT of the painful lower back area since a systematic difference was present between test and retest.

Keyphrases

high intensity
transcranial direct current stimulation
chronic pain
neuropathic pain
pain management
working memory