Test-Retest and Inter-Examiner Reliability of a Novel Bedside Quantitative Sensory Testing Battery in Postherpetic Neuralgia Patients.

ABSTRACT: In health and disease, the somatosensory system has been interrogated with standardized research techniques, collectively referred to as quantitative sensory testing (QST). In neuropathic pain, QST has been used to characterize multiple sensory derangements. However, the use of QST outside the lab has been limited by several factors, including a lack of standardization, variability in procedural technique, and duration of testing that would be unacceptable for clinic. To address these shortcomings, the Neuropathic Pain Research Consortium designed an easy and low-cost "bedside" QST procedure. To test the hypothesis that this procedure would be clinically reliable over time and across different examiners, a multisite, blinded study was performed in subjects with postherpetic neuralgia. Gene

SUBMITTER: Wasan AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7643860 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul - Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature