Thermal quantitative sensory testing in healthy Dutch children and adolescents standardized test paradigm and Dutch reference values ...

Abstract Background Quantitative sensory testing (QST) is often used to measure children’s and adults’ detection- and pain thresholds in a quantitative manner. In children especially the Thermal Sensory Analyzer (TSA-II) is often applied to determine thermal detection and pain thresholds. As comparisons between studies are hampered by the different testing protocols used, we aimed to present a standard protocol and reference values for thermal detection- and pain thresholds in children. Methods Our standard testing protocol includes reaction time dependent and independent tests and takes about... Mehr ...