Tender or not tender: Test-retest repeatability of pressure pain thresholds in the trapezius and deltoid muscles of healthy women
(2004) In Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine 36(1). p.17-27- Abstract
- Objective: To examine the test-retest repeatability of pressure pain thresholds in the shoulder muscles of healthy women. Design: Four experimental sessions (days 1, 3, 28, 30), each including 4 consecutive pressure pain threshold measurements at 10-minute intervals. Subjects: Twenty-four healthy female volunteers, mean age 42 years. Methods: Two examiners measured pressure pain thresholds bilaterally over the trapezius and deltoid muscles with an electronic algometer. Student's paired t-test, intraclass correlation coefficient, ANOVA repeated measures, 95% confidence interval and mean maximal absolute measurement error. were used for statistics. Results: Reliability, for each point in all sessions was high; ICC range 0.70-0.94, mean... (More)
- Objective: To examine the test-retest repeatability of pressure pain thresholds in the shoulder muscles of healthy women. Design: Four experimental sessions (days 1, 3, 28, 30), each including 4 consecutive pressure pain threshold measurements at 10-minute intervals. Subjects: Twenty-four healthy female volunteers, mean age 42 years. Methods: Two examiners measured pressure pain thresholds bilaterally over the trapezius and deltoid muscles with an electronic algometer. Student's paired t-test, intraclass correlation coefficient, ANOVA repeated measures, 95% confidence interval and mean maximal absolute measurement error. were used for statistics. Results: Reliability, for each point in all sessions was high; ICC range 0.70-0.94, mean maximal differences; 53102 kPa (all 4 muscles), and between points in each muscle: ICC right trapezius 0.59-0.77, left 0.67-0.84, right deltoid 0.66-0.83, left 0.70-0.90. Mean maximal differences were 69-101 kPa and 65-111 kPa for the trapezius and deltoid muscles, respectively. The inter-individual variation was 5-fold (trapezius 88-574 kPa, deltoid 91-529 kPa). At the group level, the variation was limited when the first measurement was excluded. Inter-rater and intra-rater repeatability was high without significant differences. Only small side-to-side differences were seen. Conclusion: Repeated measurements show stable intra-individual values. The method can be recommended when used by trained and experienced examiners. (Less)
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- Persson, Ann ; Brogårdh, Christina LU and Sjolund, BH
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- 2004
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- Contribution to journal
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- shoulder pain, pain measurement, reproducibility, pain threshold, muscle
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- Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine
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- 36
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- 17 - 27
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- Taylor & Francis
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- pmid:15074434
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- scopus:10744226094
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- 1651-2081
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- 10.1080/16501970310015218
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- English
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abstract = {{Objective: To examine the test-retest repeatability of pressure pain thresholds in the shoulder muscles of healthy women. Design: Four experimental sessions (days 1, 3, 28, 30), each including 4 consecutive pressure pain threshold measurements at 10-minute intervals. Subjects: Twenty-four healthy female volunteers, mean age 42 years. Methods: Two examiners measured pressure pain thresholds bilaterally over the trapezius and deltoid muscles with an electronic algometer. Student's paired t-test, intraclass correlation coefficient, ANOVA repeated measures, 95% confidence interval and mean maximal absolute measurement error. were used for statistics. Results: Reliability, for each point in all sessions was high; ICC range 0.70-0.94, mean maximal differences; 53102 kPa (all 4 muscles), and between points in each muscle: ICC right trapezius 0.59-0.77, left 0.67-0.84, right deltoid 0.66-0.83, left 0.70-0.90. Mean maximal differences were 69-101 kPa and 65-111 kPa for the trapezius and deltoid muscles, respectively. The inter-individual variation was 5-fold (trapezius 88-574 kPa, deltoid 91-529 kPa). At the group level, the variation was limited when the first measurement was excluded. Inter-rater and intra-rater repeatability was high without significant differences. Only small side-to-side differences were seen. Conclusion: Repeated measurements show stable intra-individual values. The method can be recommended when used by trained and experienced examiners.}},
author = {{Persson, Ann and Brogårdh, Christina and Sjolund, BH}},
issn = {{1651-2081}},
keywords = {{shoulder pain; pain measurement; reproducibility; pain threshold; muscle}},
language = {{eng}},
number = {{1}},
pages = {{17--27}},
publisher = {{Taylor & Francis}},
series = {{Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine}},
title = {{Tender or not tender: Test-retest repeatability of pressure pain thresholds in the trapezius and deltoid muscles of healthy women}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16501970310015218}},
doi = {{10.1080/16501970310015218}},
volume = {{36}},
year = {{2004}},
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