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Interrater Reliability of Algometry in Measuring Pressure Pain Thresholds in Healthy Humans, Using Multiple Raters

Linda Chesterton, Julius Sim, Christine Wright, Nadine E. Foster

Clinical Journal of Pain · 2007 · 660 citations · 50 references

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Abstract

This study provides new evidence that trained observers can apply an algometer at a consistent rate and provide highly reliable measures of PPT in healthy humans, when PPT is calculated as the mean of 3 trials.

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