Table 2).
Bivariate Associations Between Demographics, Pain Sensitivity, & Clinical Pain Measures
A) | Remote PPT (Hand) | Local PPT (Low Back) | Heat Pain Threshold | Heat Pain Aftersensations | Temporal Summation (TS) | |||||
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Rho | p | Rho | p | Rho | p | Rho | p | Rho | p | |
Demographics | ||||||||||
Age | 0.021 | 0.877 | 0.334 | 0.010 | 0.076 | 0.569 | 0.091 | 0.498 | 0.162 | 0.226 |
Sex | −0.234 | 0.080 | −0.199 | 0.135 | 0.041 | 0.762 | 0.067 | 0.618 | 0.048 | 0.719 |
Education | 0.188 | 0.161 | 0.193 | 0.146 | 0.298 | 0.023 | −0.076 | 0.569 | −0.173 | 0.194 |
Global Cognition | 0.183 | 0.176 | 0.207 | 0.122 | 0.205 | 0.126 | −0.182 | 0.175 | −0.295 | 0.026 |
Perceived Health | 0.071 | 0.604 | 0.077 | 0.570 | 0.256 | 0.054 | −0.268 | 0.044 | −0.349 | 0.008 |
B) | Recalled Pain | Resting Pain | Movement-Evoked Pain | |||||||
Rho | p | Rho | p | Rho | p | |||||
Demographics | ||||||||||
Age | 0.024 | 0.855 | −0.142 | 0.281 | −0.142 | 0.279 | ||||
Sex | 0.180 | 0.168 | 0.107 | 0.414 | −0.066 | 0.615 | ||||
Education | −0.357 | 0.005 | −0.252 | 0.052 | −0.232 | 0.075 | ||||
Global Cognition | −0.289 | 0.026 | −0.086 | 0.516 | −0.244 | 0.062 | ||||
Perceived Health | −0.321 | 0.013 | −0.274 | 0.036 | −0.445 | <.001 | ||||
Pain Sensitivity | ||||||||||
Remote Pressure Pain Threshold (Hand) | −0.169 | 0.209 | −0.194 | 0.149 | −0.183 | 0.172 | ||||
Local Pressure Pain Threshold (Low Back) | −0.204 | 0.125 | −0.291 | 0.027 | −0.307 | 0.019 | ||||
Heat Pain Threshold | −0.161 | 0.228 | −0.232 | 0.080 | −0.310 | 0.018 | ||||
Heat Pain Aftersensations | 0.085 | 0.525 | 0.181 | 0.174 | 0.361 | 0.005 | ||||
Temporal Summation (TS) | 0.351 | 0.007 | 0.436 | 0.001 | 0.488 | <.001 | ||||
PPT= Pressure pain threshold; Temporal Summation (TS)= Temporal summation of second heat pain