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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2020 Jul 21;72(8):1122–1129. doi: 10.1002/acr.23994

Table 2.

Pain Measures by Quantitative Sensory Testing Tertiles, n = 263 patients

PPT Trapezius Tertiles
Least Central
Dysregulation
(PPT Tertile 3)
Moderate Central
Dysregulation
(PPT Tertile 2)
Most Central
Dysregulation
(PPT Tertile 1)
N = 90
Mean (SD)
N = 90
Mean (SD)
N = 83
Mean (SD)
PPT Trapezius 4.62 (1.58) 2.70 (0.69) 1.48 (0.57)
Pain Intensity 4.51 (2.38) 5.11 (2.17) 5.95 (2.08)
Pain Interference 58.66 (8.05) 60.32 (6.53) 62.13 (6.32)
TS Tertiles
Least Central
Dysregulation
(TS Tertile 1)
Moderate Central
Dysregulation
(TS Tertile 2)
Most Central
Dysregulation
TS Tertile 3)
N = 85
Mean (SD)
N = 102
Mean (SD)
N = 76
Mean (SD)
TS 0.11 (2.68) 8.78 (4.64) 31.37 (12.82)
Pain Intensity 4.24 (2.12) 5.55 (2.34) 5.71 (2.09)
Pain Interference 58.58 (7.41) 60.69 (6.99) 61.79 (6.72)
CPM Tertiles
Least Central
Dysregulation
(CPM Tertile 3)
Moderate Central
Dysregulation
(CPM Tertile 2)
Most Central
Dysregulation
CPM Tertile 1)
N = 84
Mean (SD)
N = 99
Mean (SD)
N = 80
Mean (SD)
CPM 1.79 (0.36) 1.31 (0.07) 1.10 (0.10)
Pain Intensity 5.21 (2.27) 4.86 (2.24) 5.51 (2.33)
Pain Interference 61.89 (7.40) 59.93 (7.21) 59.18 (6.57)