Open AccessRelationship of Pain Quality Descriptors and Quantitative Sensory Testing
Author(s) -
Brenda W. Dyal,
Miriam O. Ezenwa,
Saunjoo L. Yoon,
Roger B. Fillingim,
Yingwei Yao,
Judith M. Schlaeger,
Marie L. Suarez,
Zaijie J. Wang,
Robert E. Molokie,
Diana J. Wilkie
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
nursing research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.577
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1538-9847
pISSN - 0029-6562
DOI - 10.1097/nnr.0000000000000375
Subject(s) - sensitization , quantitative sensory testing , sensation , sensory system , medicine , audiology , psychology , neuroscience , immunology
Chronic pain in adults with sickle cell disease (SCD) may be the result of altered processing in the central nervous system, as indicated by quantitative sensory testing (QST). Sensory pain quality descriptors on the McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ) are indicators of typical or altered pain mechanisms but have not been validated with QST-derived classifications.