Quantitative sensory testing - Quo Vadis?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Science, Neurosciences, Div. of Clinical Neurophysiology, NUS, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
² SOMEDIC SenseLab, Sösdala, Sweden.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital-Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁴ Department of Chronic Diseases, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
⁵ Department of Pain Management and Research, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
⁶ Department of Surgical Sciences, Clinical Pain Research, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
⁷ Department of Anesthesia, Pain and Respiratory Support, Neuroscience Center, Copenhagen University Hospital-Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Erik Nordh et al. Scand J Pain. 2025.

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. 2025 May 28;25(1).

doi: 10.1515/sjpain-2025-0036. eCollection 2025 Jan 1.

¹ Department of Clinical Science, Neurosciences, Div. of Clinical Neurophysiology, NUS, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
² SOMEDIC SenseLab, Sösdala, Sweden.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital-Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁴ Department of Chronic Diseases, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
⁵ Department of Pain Management and Research, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
⁶ Department of Surgical Sciences, Clinical Pain Research, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
⁷ Department of Anesthesia, Pain and Respiratory Support, Neuroscience Center, Copenhagen University Hospital-Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Keywords: chronic pain; neurology; pain measurement; pain perception; thresholds.

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