Journal article
Psychophysical and Patient Factors as Determinants of Pain, Function and Health Status in Shoulder Disorders
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the extent to which psychophysical quantitative sensory test (QST) and patient factors (gender, age and comorbidity) predict pain, function and health status in people with shoulder disorders. To determine if there are gender differences for QST measures in current perception threshold (CPT), vibration threshold (VT) and pressure pain (PP) threshold and tolerance.
DESIGN: A cross-sectional study design.
Authors
Uddin Z; MacDermid JC; Moro J; Galea V; Gross AR
Journal
The Open Orthopaedics Journal, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 466–480
Publisher
Bentham Science Publishers
Publication Date
September 30, 2016
DOI
10.2174/1874325001610010466
ISSN
1874-3250