Egloff, Niklaus; Klingler, Nicole; von Känel, Roland; Cámara, Rafael J A; Curatolo, Michele; Wegmann, Barbara; Marti, Elizabeth; Ferrari, Marie-Louise Gander (2011). Algometry with a clothes peg compared to an electronic pressure algometer: a randomized cross-sectional study in pain patients. BMC musculoskeletal disorders, 12, p. 174. London: BioMed Central 10.1186/1471-2474-12-174
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Hypersensitivity of the central nervous system is widely present in pain patients and recognized as one of the determinants of chronic pain and disability. Electronic pressure algometry is often used to explore aspects of central hypersensitivity. We hypothesized that a simple pain provocation test with a clothes peg provides information on pain sensitivity that compares meaningfully to that obtained by a well-established electronic pressure algometer. "Clinically meaningful" was defined as a medium (r = 0.3-0.5) or high (r > 0.5) correlation coefficient according to Cohen's conventions.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Head Organs and Neurology (DKNS) > Clinic of Neurology > Centre of Competence for Psychosomatic Medicine 04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Intensive Care, Emergency Medicine and Anaesthesiology (DINA) > Clinic and Policlinic for Anaesthesiology and Pain Therapy |
UniBE Contributor: |
Egloff, Niklaus, von Känel, Roland, Camara, Rafael, Curatolo, Michele, Marti, Elizabeth, Gander, Marie-Louise |
ISSN: |
1471-2474 |
Publisher: |
BioMed Central |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Jeannie Wurz |
Date Deposited: |
04 Oct 2013 14:19 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:05 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1186/1471-2474-12-174 |
PubMed ID: |
21787399 |
Web of Science ID: |
000294050500001 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.6072 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/6072 (FactScience: 210966) |
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