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. 2019 Apr 20;9(4):e025530. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025530

Table 1.

Intratester reliability of sensory function protocol

Intraclass correlation coefficients 95% CI P value
CDT 0.728 0.277 to 0.914 0.003
WDT 0.764 0.351 to 0.927 <0.0001
TSL 0.638 0.161 to 0.878 0.005
HPT 0.752 0.339 to 0.922 0.002
MPT 0.928 0.767 to 0.979 <0.0001
WUR 0.634 0.113 to 0.880 0.012
VDT 0.956 0.860 to 0.987 <0.0001
PPT 0.734 0.305 to 0.915 0.002
VAS 0.893 0.667 to 0.970 <0.0001
Flare area 0.610 0.095 to 0.869 0.015
Brush-evoked allodynia 0.756 0.365 to 0.922 0.001
Punctuate hyperalgesia 0.615 0.094 to 0.871 0.013
Postsensitisation MPT 0.941 0.808 to 0.983 <0.0001
Postsensitisation HPT 0.758 0.339 to 0.924 0.002

CDT, cold detection threshold; HPT, heat pain threshold; MPT, mechanical pain threshold; PPT, pressure pain threshold; TSL, thermal sensory limen; VDT, vibration detection threshold; VAS, Visual Analogue Scale; WDT, warm detection threshold; WUR, wind-up ratio.