Allodynography: reliability of a new procedure for objective clinical examination of static mechanical allodynia

Packham, Tara L.; Spicher, Claude J.; MacDermid, Joy C.; Buckley, Norman D.

doi:10.1093/pm/pnz045

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Allodynography: reliability of a new procedure for objective clinical examination of static mechanical allodynia

Packham, Tara L. Regional Rehabilitation Program, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON, Canada - School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Mc, Master University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Spicher, Claude J. Laboratory of Neurophysiology, Faculty of Sciences and Medicine, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland
MacDermid, Joy C. School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Mc, Master University, Hamilton, ON, Canada - School of Physiotherapy, Elborn College, Western University, London, ON, Canada - Michael G. De, Groote Institute for Pain Research and Care, Mc, Master University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Buckley, Norman D. Michael G. De, Groote Institute for Pain Research and Care, Mc, Master University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

01.01.2020

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Pain Medicine. - 2020, vol. 21, no. 1, p. 101–108

English There is a need for reliable and valid clinical assessment tools for quantifying allodynia in neuropathic pain. Allodynography has been proposed as a useful standardized procedure for clinical assessment of mechanical allodynia. This study (www.clinicaltrials.gov NCT02070367) undertook preliminary investigation of the measurement properties of allodynography, a new standardized clinical examination procedure for mapping the area of cutaneous allodynia.Methods: Persons with pain in one upper extremity after complex regional pain syndrome, a peripheral nerve injury, or who had recently experienced a hand fracture were recruited for assessment of static mechanical allodynia (based on perception of a 15g force stimulus delivered by Semmes-Weinstein monofilament

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Faculté des sciences et de médecine

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Département de Médecine

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