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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pain. 2010 Aug 7;12(1):133–140. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2010.06.002

Table II.

Pearson correlations among QST variables at 47°C and 49°C and clinical pain intensity

TS
(47°C
49°C)
First pain
rating
(47°C
49°C)
Fifth pain
rating
(47°C
49°C)
Tolerance PPacromion PPmasseter C.Pain
Mean at 47°C 0.10 0.94** 0.96** −0.55** −0.34* −0.27 0.44**
Mean at 49°C −0.14 0.97** 0.97** −0.49** −0.38* −0.34* 0.27
TS at 47°C −0.29* 0.44** −0.33* −0.12 −0.34* 0.25
TS at 49°C −0.18 0.27 −0.43** −0.22 −0.31* 0.22
First pain rating 47°C 0.73** −0.37** −0.26 −0.14 0.36**
First pain rating 49°C 0.75** −0.44** −0.33* −0.25 0.30*
Fifth pain rating 47°C −0.56** −0.30* −0.33* 0.46**
Fifth pain rating 49°C −0.59** −0.40** −0.39** 0.34*
Tolerance 0.54** 0.43** −0.38**
PPacromion 0.64** −0.35**
PPmasseter −0.28*
*

Correlation is significant at the .005 level

**

Correlation is significant at the .001 level

Mean: Mean pain ratings

PP: Pressure pain

C. Pain: Clinical pain intensity