Table 3.
Summary of Abnormal (+) and Normal (−) Findings by Subject (identified by code, age, and sex) for Thermal and Mechanical Quantitative Sensory Testing (QST) at the Two Painful Sites and One Non-painful Site, the Subjective Measures, and QST-based Decision Tree Outcome (N=25)
| Code | Age | Sex | Cold Pain Threshold | Cold Pain Intensity | Heat Pain Threshold | Heat Pain Intensity | Mechanical | NPSI | S-LANSS | Decision tree^ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | >40 | M | −++ | (1,2,2) | ++− | (4,3,3) | −+− | 10 | 7 | 1 |
| 2 | >55 | F | +−− | (2,3,3) | +++ | (3,4,3) | ++− | 26 | 19 | 1 |
| 3 | >20 | M | +−+ | (4,3,4) | +++ | (6,5,5) | +−+ | 22 | 6 | 3 |
| 4 | >50 | F | +++ | (8,9,10) | +++ | (10,9,10) | +++ | 34* | 19 | 3 |
| 5 | >40 | F | +++ | (2,10,6) | +++ | (2,10,6) | +++ | 35 | 10 | 3 |
| 6 | >50 | F | +++ | (8,7,8) | +++ | (6,5,6) | +++ | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 7 | >50 | F | +++ | (4,3,3) | +++ | (4,3,3) | +−+ | 28 | 14 | 3 |
| 8 | >40 | F | +++ | (6,6,4) | −++ | (0,9,9) | −−+ | 28 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | >40 | F | +++ | (2,2,2) | +++ | (2,2,2) | 40 | 9 | 1 | |
| 10 | >20 | F | +++ | (7,6,10) | +++ | (10,8,10) | +++ | 58 | 24 | 3 |
| 11 | >40 | F | +++ | (6,7,5) | +++ | (9,7,8) | +++ | 80 | 17 | 3 |
| 12 | >30 | M | +++ | (2,2,3) | −++ | (3,2,2) | 33 | 8 | 1 | |
| 13 | >30 | F | +++ | (6,5.5,9.5) | +++ | (7,9,9) | −+− | 31 | 22 | 1 |
| 14 | >20 | F | +++ | (3,2,2) | +++ | (3,3,3) | 8 | 3 | 1 | |
| 15 | >20 | M | (0,0,0) | (3,2,2) | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 16 | >50 | F | +++ | (1,1,1) | +++ | (1,1,1) | 20 | 11 | 1 | |
| 17 | >30 | F | ++− | (3,4,3) | +++ | (4,5,4) | +++ | 30 | 10 | 3 |
| 18 | >40 | F | +++ | (5,8,8) | +++ | (8,7,8) | +++ | 25 | 18* | 3 |
| 19 | >18 | F | +++ | (6,5,5) | +++ | (5,3,3) | +++ | 47 | 19 | 3 |
| 20 | >20 | M | +++ | (5,7,6) | +++ | (7,8,7) | +++ | 27 | 10 | 3 |
| 21 | >20 | F | +++ | (2,2,2) | +++ | (2,2,2) | +++ | 10 | 8 | 3 |
| 22 | >46 | M | ++− | (2,3,2) | (3,3,2) | −+− | 5 | 5 | 2 | |
| 23 | >20 | M | +++ | (3,3,3) | +++ | (3,3,3) | +−+ | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| 24 | >20 | F | +−− | (3,1,2) | (3,3,3) | 50 | 24 | 1 | ||
| 25 | >20 | F | +++ | (8,7,10) | +++ | (10,8,10) | +++ | 16 | 19 | 3 |
−normal finding; +abnormal finding;
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Decision Outcome: 0. No Central or Peripheral Sensitization (normal), 1. Mixed Sensitization, 2. Peripheral Sensitization, 3. Central Sensitization;
*
Average of multiple imputed values.