Table 1.
Test | Sinister/dexter | Test site | Apparatus | Pressure intensity | Repeated at 2 minute intervals | Outcome measure | Sum-score |
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Test 1 TTS | Bilateral | m. masseter, m. temporalis, m. frontalis, processus mastoideus, the neck muscle insertions on basis crania, m. trapezius, m. sternocleidomastoideus | Pressure controlled palpation with second and third fingers using a palpometer | 120 AU | No | Tenderness score 0–3 | TTS 0–42 |
Test 2 PPT | Nondominant | P1 second finger | Algometer | Increasing | ×3 | kPa | |
P2 m. temporalis | ×3 | kPa | |||||
P3 m. trapezius | ×3 | kPa | |||||
Test 3 VAS at SupraPPT | Nondominant | P1 second finger | Algometer | Individually calculated | No | VAS score | |
P2 m. temporalis | No | VAS score | |||||
P3 m. trapezius | No | VAS score | |||||
Test 4 AUC | Nondominant | P2 m. temporalis | Algometer | 23, 45, 67, 89, and 111 kPa | No | VAS score | AUC |
P3 m. temporalis | 23, 45, 67, 89, and 111 kPa | No | VAS score | AUC |
Abbreviations: TTS, Total Tenderness Score; AU, arbitrary units; PPT, pressure pain threshold; VAS, Visual Analog Scale; SupraPPT, pressure pain threshold-adjusted suprathreshold; AUC, area under the curve.