Technology literature review: quantitative sensory testing.

Abstract:

:The development of the personal computer has simplified the process of quantitating sensory thresholds using various testing algorithms. We reviewed the technical aspects and reproducibility of different methods to determine threshold for light touch-pressure, vibration, thermal, and pain stimuli. Clinical uses and limitations of quantitative sensory testing (QST) were also reviewed. QST is a reliable psychophysical test of large- and small-fiber sensory modalities. The results of QST are highly dependent on methodology and the full cooperation of the subject. QST has been shown to be reasonably reproducible over a period of days or weeks in normal subjects. The use of QST in research and patient care should be limited to instruments and their corresponding methodologies that have been shown to be reproducible. Literature data do not allow conclusions regarding the relative merits of individual QST instruments.

journal_name

Muscle Nerve

journal_title

Muscle & nerve

authors

Chong PS,Cros DP

doi

10.1002/mus.20053

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2004-05-01 00:00:00

pages

734-47

issue

5

eissn

0148-639X

issn

1097-4598

journal_volume

29

pub_type

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