Slideshow Project DOI 10 1682JRRD 2011 03 0044

Slideshow Project DOI: 10. 1682/JRRD. 2011. 03. 0044 JSP Reliability of thermal quantitative sensory testing: A systematic review Niamh A. Moloney, MSc; Toby M. Hall, Ph. D; Catherine M. Doody, Ph. D 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– 208. http: //dx. doi. org/10. 1682/JRRD. 2011. 03. 0044

Slideshow Project DOI: 10. 1682/JRRD. 2011. 03. 0044 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– 208. http: //dx. doi. org/10. 1682/JRRD. 2011. 03. 0044

Methods Slideshow Project DOI: 10. 1682/JRRD. 2011. 03. 0044 JSP • 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– 208. http: //dx. doi. org/10. 1682/JRRD. 2011. 03. 0044

QAREL Checklist Slideshow Project DOI: 10. 1682/JRRD. 2011. 03. 0044 JSP 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– 208. http: //dx. doi. org/10. 1682/JRRD. 2011. 03. 0044

Results Slideshow Project DOI: 10. 1682/JRRD. 2011. 03. 0044 JSP • 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– 208. http: //dx. doi. org/10. 1682/JRRD. 2011. 03. 0044

Conclusions Slideshow Project DOI: 10. 1682/JRRD. 2011. 03. 0044 JSP • 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. 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– 208. http: //dx. doi. org/10. 1682/JRRD. 2011. 03. 0044