Table 1.
Intrarater, within-session and between-session reliability of mechanical nociceptive threshold.
| Within-session analysis | Between-session analysis | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Session 1 | Session 2 | Session 3 | Sessions 1–2 | Sessions 1–3 | Sessions 2–3 | |
| Mean ± SD | 1426 ± 376 | 1537 ± 368 | 1522 ± 447 | 1481 ± 374 | 1474 ± 414 | 1530 ± 407 |
| RM-ANOVA | p = 0.73 | p = 0.02* | p = 0.41 | p = 0.06 | p = 0.13 | p = 0.82 |
| CV% | 18.1 | 17.9 | 19.8 | 18.9 | 19.9 | 20.5 |
| ICC2,k [95% CI] | 0.68 [0.40–0.85] | 0.66 [0.37–0.84] | 0.81 [0.64–0.91] | 0.55 [0.30–0.71] | 0.51 [0.23–0.69] | 0.30 [0–0.56] |
| SEM [absolute vs. %] | 215.8 [15.1%] | 201.8 [13.1] | 195.6 [12.9] | 249.4 [16.8] | 284.9 [19.6] | 340.8 [22.3] |
*Indicates p < 0.05.