This article and any supplementary material should be cited as follows: Moloney NA, Hall TM, Doody CM. Reliability of thermal quantitative sensory testing: A systematic review. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2012;49(2):191– Slideshow Project DOI: /JRRD JSP Reliability of thermal quantitative sensory testing: A systematic review Niamh A. Moloney, MSc; Toby M. Hall, PhD; Catherine M. Doody, PhD
This article and any supplementary material should be cited as follows: Moloney NA, Hall TM, Doody CM. Reliability of thermal quantitative sensory testing: A systematic review. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2012;49(2):191– Slideshow Project DOI: /JRRD JSP Aim – Systematically review literature to determine reliability of thermal quantitative sensory testing (QST). Relevance – Further understand pain mechanisms. – Aid development or application of more appropriate interventions.
This article and any supplementary material should be cited as follows: Moloney NA, Hall TM, Doody CM. Reliability of thermal quantitative sensory testing: A systematic review. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2012;49(2):191– Slideshow Project DOI: /JRRD JSP Methods Used key words to search medical databases for relevant articles (Jan 1990–May 2010). Assessed article quality with Quality Appraisal for Reliability Studies (QAREL) checklist. Extracted and assessed specific data on: Type of study. Sample and raters. Methodological issues. Statistical analysis. Results.
This article and any supplementary material should be cited as follows: Moloney NA, Hall TM, Doody CM. Reliability of thermal quantitative sensory testing: A systematic review. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2012;49(2):191– Slideshow Project DOI: /JRRD JSP QAREL Checklist High quality study = “yes” score on at least 50% of relevant checklist items.
This article and any supplementary material should be cited as follows: Moloney NA, Hall TM, Doody CM. Reliability of thermal quantitative sensory testing: A systematic review. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2012;49(2):191– Slideshow Project DOI: /JRRD JSP Results Reviewed 21 total articles. – 5 illustrated high quality based on QAREL checklist. Summary – Fair reliability: Cold detection threshold. Warm detection threshold. – Fair to good: Cold pain threshold. Heat pain threshold.
This article and any supplementary material should be cited as follows: Moloney NA, Hall TM, Doody CM. Reliability of thermal quantitative sensory testing: A systematic review. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2012;49(2):191– Slideshow Project DOI: /JRRD JSP Conclusions Reliability of thermal QST varied considerably. Large variation in statistical methods used to analyze data in articles, which limited ability to perform meta-analysis. Research investigating reliability of thermal QST should adhere to more rigorous guidelines.