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. 2023 Mar 1;23(1):145-164.

Psychometric properties of quantitative sensory testing in healthy and patients with shoulder pain: A systematic review

Paraskevi Bilika  1 , Achilleas Paliouras  1 , Konstantina Savvoulidou  1 , Alberto Arribas-Romano  2 , Zacharias Dimitriadis  3 , Evdokia Billis  4 , Nikolaos Strimpakos  3   5 , Eleni Kapreli  1
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Psychometric properties of quantitative sensory testing in healthy and patients with shoulder pain: A systematic review

Paraskevi Bilika et al. J Musculoskelet Neuronal Interact. .

Abstract

Quantitative Sensory Testing (QST) is a psychophysical battery of various tests developed to quantify the subjects' self-reported sensory experience. Although the use of QST is valuable for the clinical assessment of pain, standard evaluation protocols have not yet been established. This systematic review aimed to investigate the level of evidence for the psychometric properties of QST in healthy and patients with shoulder pain. Eight databases were searched for peer-reviewed studies published until August 2021. The methodological quality of studies was evaluated using the COSMIN checklist. Twelve studies were included for qualitative synthesis, which included three different tests (Pressure Pain Threshold (PPT), Conditioned Pain Modulation (CPM) and Temporal Summation (TS)). As the body of evidence consisted of studies of low methodological quality, the psychometric properties of PPT, CPM, and TS in healthy and patients with shoulder pain were classified as unknown. Although there is a risk that the conclusions may be 'superficial' in nature, the reliability seems to be nearly excellent for the PPT, however, the protocols' variation and the low methodological quality of the studies do not allow for clear conclusions. Further studies are required for the CPM and TS in patients with shoulder pain.

Keywords: Psychometric properties; Quantitative Sensory Testing; Shoulder; Systematic Review.

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The authors have no conflict of interest.

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