Quantitative Sensory Testing in Patients With Postthoracotomy Pain Syndrome
| Autor: | Thomas K. Ringsted, Kim Wildgaard, Mads U. Werner, Henrik Kehlet |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Male Pain Threshold medicine.medical_specialty Sensory system Thoracostomy Physical medicine and rehabilitation Physical Stimulation Threshold of pain medicine Humans In patient Aged Pain Measurement Aged 80 and over Analysis of Variance Pain Postoperative business.industry Quantitative sensory testing Chronic pain Reproducibility of Results Middle Aged medicine.disease Thermal threshold Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine Hyperalgesia Linear Models Female Postthoracotomy pain Neurology (clinical) Analysis of variance business |
| Zdroj: | The Clinical Journal of Pain. 29:784-790 |
| ISSN: | 0749-8047 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVES: Quantitative sensory testing is a reference method for characterization of postsurgical neuropathic components. Correct interpretation of data requires detailed information concerning the validity of the testing methods. The objective of the study was to assess the test-retest variability of thermal thresholds in patients (n = 14) with the postthoracotomy pain syndrome. METHODS: Sensory mapping with a metal roller (25°C) on the surgical side delineated an area with cool sensory dysfunction. In this area and in a contralateral area, 4 prespecified sites (2.6 cm) were outlined, in addition to the maximum pain site on the surgical side. In these total 9 sites, warmth detection threshold, cool detection threshold, and heat pain threshold were assessed. RESULTS: Comparisons of thermal test-retest assessments did not demonstrate any significant intraside differences. The SDs of the thermal assessments in nonpain sites and in the maximum pain site ranged from 1.9 to 2.5°C and 3.5 to 6.9°C, respectively. The estimated within-patient and between-patient variances were 5% to 28% and 72% to 95%, respectively, of the total variances. Although a generally poor test-retest agreement was demonstrated, the much lower within-patient than between-patient variances facilitated estimations of highly statistical significant, within-patient differences in thermal thresholds. DISCUSSION: In patients with postthoracotomy pain syndrome, several statistical methods indicated an excessively high variability in thermal thresholds, questioning the use of single quantitative sensory testing in assessments to characterize patients with chronic pain states. |
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